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  • the present invention generally relates to catalysts and methods for alkane or alkene dehydrogenation and specifically, to Ni-containing catalysts and methods for oxidative dehydrogenation of alkanes or alkenes.
  • the invention particularly relates, in preferred embodiments, to Ni oxide/mixed-metal oxide catalysts and methods for oxidative dehydrogenation of alkanes or alkenes, and especially of C 2 to C 4 alkanes, and particularly, for oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane to ethylene.
  • Ethylene can be produced by thermal cracking of hydrocarbons, by non-oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane, or by oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane (ODHE).
  • ODHE oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane
  • high ethane conversion can be achieved at relatively low temperatures (about 400° C. or below).
  • catalytic ODHE is exothermic, requiring no additional heat to sustain the reaction.
  • catalyst deactivation by coke formation is relatively minimal in ODHE because of the presence of oxidant (e.g., molecular oxygen) in the reactor feed.
  • oxidant e.g., molecular oxygen
  • Other alkanes can be similarly oxidatively dehydrogenated to the corresponding alkene.
  • Thorsteinson and coworkers have disclosed useful low-temperature ODHE catalysts comprising mixed oxides of molybdenum, vanadium, and a third transition metal.
  • E. M. Thorsteinson et al. “The Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethane over Catalyst Containing Mixed Oxide of Molybdenum and Vanadium,” 52 J. Catalysis 116-32 (1978).
  • More recent studies examined families of alumina-supported vanadium-containing oxide catalysts, MV and MVSb, where M is Ni, Co, Bi, and Sn. R.
  • Schuurman and coworkers describe unsupported iron, cobalt and nickel oxide catalysts that are active in ODHE. Y. Schuurman et al., “Low Temperature Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethane over Catalysts Based on Group VIII Metals,” 163 Applied Catalysis A: General 227-35 (1997).
  • Other investigators have also considered the use of nickel or nickel oxide as catalysts or catalyst components for oxidative dehydrogenation. See, for example, Ducarme et al., “Low Temperature Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethane over Ni-based Catalysts”, 23 Catalysis Letters 97-101 (1994); U.S. Pat. No.
  • nickel-containing catalysts are known in the art for alkane dehydrogenation reactions, none of the known nickel-containing catalysts have been particularly attractive for commercial applications—primarily due to relatively low conversion and/or selectivity. Hence, a need exists for new, industrially suitable catalysts and methods having improved performance characteristics (e.g., conversion and selectivity) for the oxidative dehydrogenation of alkanes.
  • the invention is directed to methods for preparing an alkene, and preferably a C 2 to C 4 alkene, such as ethylene, from the corresponding alkane, such as ethane.
  • the method comprises providing the alkane (or substituted alkane), and preferably the C 2 to C 4 alkane (or substituted C 2 to C 4 alkane) and an oxidant to a reaction zone containing a catalyst, and dehydrogenating the alkane to form the corresponding alkene.
  • the oxidant is preferably a gaseous oxidant such as molecular oxygen, and is preferably provided, for example, as oxygen gas, air, diluted air or enriched air.
  • the alkane is preferably oxidatively dehydrogenated.
  • the reaction temperature is preferably controlled, during the dehydrogenation reaction, to be less than about 325° C., and preferably less than about 300° C.
  • the catalyst comprises, in one embodiment, (i) a major component consisting essentially of Ni, a Ni oxide, a Ni salt, or mixtures thereof, and (ii) one or more minor components consisting essentially of an element or compound selected from the group consisting of Ti, Ta, Nb, Co, Hf, W, Y, Zn, Zr, Al, oxides thereof and salts thereof, or mixtures of such elements or compounds.
  • the catalyst preferably comprises Ni oxide and one or more of Ti oxide, Nb oxide, Ta oxide, Co oxide or Zr oxide.
  • the catalyst comprises a compound having the formula I:
  • A is an element selected from the group consisting of Ti, Ta, Nb, Hf, W, Y, Zn, Zr, Al, and mixtures of two or more thereof
  • B is an element selected from the group consisting of a lanthanide element, a group IIIA element, a group VA element, a group VIA element, a group IIIB element, a group IVB element, a group VB element, a group VIB element, and mixtures of two or more thereof
  • C is an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal or mixtures thereof
  • x is a number ranging from about 0.1 to about 0.96
  • a is a number ranging from about 0.04 to about 0.8
  • b is a number ranging from 0 to about 0.5
  • c is a number ranging from 0 to about 0.5
  • d is a number that satisfies valence requirements.
  • the catalyst comprises a compound having the formula (II)
  • La* is one or more lanthanide series elements selected from the group consisting of La m , Ce n , Pr o , Nd p , Sm q , x is a number ranging from about 0.1 to about 0.96
  • j, k and l are each numbers ranging from 0 to about 0.8 and the sum of (j+k+l) is at least about 0.04
  • m, n, o, p, q, r, s and t are each numbers ranging from 0 to about 0.1
  • the sum of (m+n+o+p+q+r+s+t) is at least about 0.005
  • u, v and w are each numbers ranging from 0 to about 0.1
  • d is a number that satisfies valence requirements.
  • the catalyst comprises (i) a Ni oxide, and (ii) an oxide of an element selected from the group consisting of Ti, Ta, Nb, Co, Hf, W, Y, Zn, Zr, and Al, and the alkane is dehydrogenated to form the corresponding alkene with an alkane conversion of at least about 10% and an alkene selectivity of at least about 70%.
  • Ethane conversion is preferably at least about 15% and more preferably at least about 20%.
  • Ethylene selectivity is, in combination with any of the preferred conversion values, preferably at least about 80%, and more preferably at least about 90%.
  • the catalyst is a calcination product of a catalyst precursor composition comprising (i) Ni, a Ni oxide, a Ni salt or mixtures thereof, and (ii) an element or compound selected from the group consisting of Ti, Ta, Nb, Co, Hf, W, Y, Zn, Zr, Al, oxides thereof and salts thereof, or mixtures of such elements or compounds.
  • the alkane is co-fed to a reaction zone with the corresponding alkene, such that the alkane is dehydrogenated to form the alkene in a reaction zone comprising the corresponding alkene in a molar concentration of at least about 5%, relative to total moles of hydrocarbon.
  • the alkane conversion in such embodiment is preferably at least about 5%, and the alkene selectivity is preferably at least about 50%.
  • the alkane dehydrogenation is effected in a multi-stage reactor, such that the alkane (or substituted C 2 to C 4 alkane) and gaseous oxidant are fed to a first reaction zone containing the catalyst, the alkane is dehydrogenated therein to form the corresponding alkene, the product stream comprising the corresponding alkene and unreacted alkane are exhausted from the first reaction zone and then fed to a second reaction zone, together with additional, supplemental gaseous oxidant, and the alkane is dehydrogenated to form the corresponding alkene in the second reaction zone.
  • the invention also directed to nickel-containing mixed-metal oxide compositions and catalysts, as characterized above, and to methods for preparing the same.
  • Such catalysts and methods have advantageous performance characteristics for oxidative dehydrogenation of alkanes to their corresponding alkene, and particularly for dehydrogenation of unsubstituted or substituted C 2 to C 4 alkanes to the corresponding alkene(s).
  • the conversion, selectivity, space velocity, catalyst stability and reaction temperature for oxydehydrogenation of ethane to ethylene are particularly attractive.
  • FIG. 1 A and FIG. 1B are schematic representations of exemplary reaction system configurations, specifically involving product stream recycle (FIG. 1A) and multi-stage reaction zones (FIG. 1 B).
  • FIG. 2 A and FIG. 2B are graphs showing ethane conversion (open circles) and ethylene selectivity (closed circles) data versus time on stream during the 400 hour lifetime test in the parallel fixed bed reactor at 275° C. for Ni 0.75 Ta 0.28 Sn 0.03 O x (FIG. 2A) and Ni 0.71 Nb 0.27 Co 0.02 O x (FIG. 2 B).
  • an alkane or alkene is oxidatively dehydrogenated over a nickel catalyst to form one or more corresponding alkene(s) or dialkene, respectively, and water.
  • the oxidative dehydrogenation reaction can be represented (for alkane reactants) as:
  • the catalysts of the invention generally comprise (i) nickel or a nickel-containing compound and (ii) at least one or more of titanium (Ti), tantalum (Ta), niobium (Nb), cobalt (Co), hafnium (Hf), tungsten (W), yttrium (Y), zinc (Zn), zirconium (Zr), or aluminum (Al), or a compound containing one or more of such element(s).
  • the nickel catalyst comprises (i) Ni, a Ni oxide, a Ni salt, or mixtures thereof as a major component, and (ii) an element or compound selected from the group consisting of Ti, Ta, Nb, Co, Hf, W, Y, Zn, Zr, Al, oxides thereof and salts thereof, or mixtures of such elements or compounds as one or more minor components.
  • the “major component” is the component of the catalytically active compound or composition having the highest concentration on an atomic basis.
  • “Minor components” are components of the catalytically active compound or composition that do not have the highest concentration on an atomic basis.
  • one of the aforementioned metal components may be present as in elemental form, as an oxide, and/or as a salt depending on the nature and extent of calcination.
  • the major component of the catalyst preferably consists essentially of a Ni oxide.
  • the major component of the catalyst can, however, also include various amounts of elemental Ni and/or Ni-containing compounds, such as Ni salts.
  • the Ni oxide is an oxide of nickel where nickel is in an oxidation state other than the fully-reduced, elemental Ni 0 state, including oxides of nickel where nickel has an oxidation state of Ni +2 , Ni +3 , or a partially reduced oxidation state.
  • the Ni salts can include any stable salt of nickel, including, for example, nitrates, carbonates and acetates, among others.
  • the amount of nickel oxide (NiO) present in the major component is at least about 10%, preferably at least about 20%, more preferably at least about 35%, more preferably yet at least about 50% and most preferable at least about 60%, in each case by moles relative to total moles of the major component.
  • NiO nickel oxide
  • the Ni and/or Ni oxide acts as a redox-active metal center for the oxydehydrogenation reaction.
  • the one or more minor component(s) of the catalyst preferably consist essentially of an element or compound selected from the group consisting of Ti, Ta, Nb, Co, Hf, W, Y, Zn, Zr, Al, oxides thereof and salts thereof, or mixtures of such elements or compounds.
  • the minor component(s) more preferably consist essentially of one or more of the following groupings of elements, oxides thereof, salts thereof, or mixtures of the same: (i) Ti, Ta, Nb, Hf, W, Y, Zn, Zr, Al, (ii) Ti, Ta, Nb, Hf, W and Y; (iii) Ti, Ta, Nb, Hf and W; (iv) Ti, Ta, Nb, Co and Zr (v) Ti, Ta, Nb and Co, (vi) Ti, Ta, Nb and Zr, and (vii) Ti, Ta and Nb.
  • the minor component can likewise consist essentially of each of the aforementioned minor-component elements (Ti, Ta, Nb, Co Hf, W, Y, Zn, Zr or Al) individually, oxides thereof, salts thereof, or mixtures of the same.
  • the minor component(s) preferably consist essentially of oxides of one or more of the minor-component elements, but can, however, also include various amounts of such elements and/or other compounds (e.g., salts) containing such elements.
  • An oxide of such minor-component elements is an oxide thereof where the respective element is in an oxidation state other than the fully-reduced state, and includes oxides having an oxidation states corresponding to known stable valence numbers, as well as to oxides in partially reduced oxidation states.
  • Salts of such minor-component elements can be any stable salt thereof, including, for example, nitrates, carbonates and acetates, among others.
  • the amount of the oxide form of the particular recited elements present in one or more of the minor component(s) is at least about 5%, preferably at least about 10%, preferably still at least about 20%, more preferably at least about 35%, more preferably yet at least about 50% and most preferable at least about 60%, in each case by moles relative to total moles of the particular minor component.
  • the one or more first minor components provide a matrix environment for the Ni/Ni oxide active metal center and help maintain the active metal center well dispersed.
  • the first minor components can themselves be redox inactive under reaction conditions, particularly to oxygen and hydrocarbons, they are nonetheless considered to be a component of the catalytically active compound or composition.
  • the first minor component can also have a support or carrier functionality.
  • the nickel catalyst can comprise (i) a major component consisting essentially of Ni oxide; and (ii) a minor component consisting essentially of one or more of the following oxides, considered individually or collectively in the various permutations: Ti oxide, Ta oxide, and/or Nb oxide, optionally together with one or more of Hf oxide, W oxide, and/or Y oxide, optionally together with one or more of Zn oxide, Zr oxide and/or Al oxide.
  • the catalyst can additionally comprise one or more second minor components.
  • the second minor component(s) can consist essentially of an element or compound selected from the group consisting of a lanthanide element, a group IIIA element, a group VA element, a group VIA element, a group IIIB element, a group IVB element, a group VB element, a group VIB element, oxides thereof and salts thereof, or mixtures of such elements or compounds.
  • the second minor component preferably consists essentially of an element or compound selected from the group consisting of La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Sb, Sn, Bi, Pb, Tl, In, Te, Cr, V, Mn, Mo, Fe, Co, Cu, Ru, Rh, Pd, Pt, Ag, Cd, Os, Re, Ir, Au, Hg, oxides thereof and salts thereof, or mixtures of such elements or compounds. More preferably, the second minor component consists essentially of an element or compound selected from the group consisting of La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Sb, Sn, Bi, Co, Ag, Cr, oxides thereof and salts thereof, or mixtures of such elements or compounds.
  • the second minor component is preferably an oxide of one of the aforementioned second-minor-component elements.
  • the oxides and salts can be as described above in connection with the first-minor components. Without being bound by theory not specifically recited in the claims, the second minor component can be redox active components with respect to enhancing the redox potential of the Ni/Ni oxide active metal centers.
  • the catalyst can also include, as yet a further (third) minor component(s), one or more of an element or compound selected from the group consisting of the alkali metals, the alkaline earth metals, oxides thereof, and salts thereof, or mixtures of such elements or compounds.
  • the third minor component consists essentially of an element or compound selected from the group consisting of Ca, K, Mg, Sr, Ba, Li and Na, most preferably Ca, K and Mg, and in either case, oxides thereof and salts thereof, or mixtures of such elements or compounds.
  • the third minor component is preferably an oxide of one of the aforementioned third-minor-component elements.
  • the oxides and salts can be as described above in connection with the first-minor components.
  • the third minor components are preferably basic metal oxides, and as such, can be employed to optimize the acidity or basicity, in particular with respect to selectivity.
  • the catalyst can include other components as well, and can be part of a composition that includes other components or agents (e.g., diluents, binders and/or fillers, as discussed below) as desired in connection with the reaction system of interest.
  • components or agents e.g., diluents, binders and/or fillers, as discussed below
  • the nickel catalyst of the invention can be a material comprising a mixed-metal oxide compound having the formula (I):
  • A, B, C, x, a, b, c and d are described below, and can be grouped in any of the various combinations and permutations of preferences, some of which are specifically set forth herein.
  • x represents a number ranging from about 0.1 to about 0.96.
  • the number x preferably ranges from about 0.3 to about 0.85, more preferably from about 0.5 to about 0.9, and even more preferably from about 0.6 to about 0.8.
  • A represents an element selected from the group consisting of Ti, Ta, Nb, Hf, W, Y, Zn, Zr and Al, or mixtures of two or more thereof.
  • A is preferably Ti, Ta, Nb, Hf, W or Y, even more preferably Ti, Ta, Nb, Hf or W, and still more preferably Ti, Ta or Nb, or, in each case, mixtures thereof.
  • the letter “a” represents a number ranging from about 0.04 to about 0.9, preferably from about 0.04 to about 0.8, more preferably from about 0.04 to about 0.5, even more preferably from about 0.1 to about 0.5, still more preferably from about 0.15 to about 0.5 and most preferably from about 0.3 to about 0.4.
  • B represents an element selected from the group consisting of a lanthanide element, a group IIIA element, element, a group VA element, a group VIA element, a group VIIA element, a group VIIIA element, a group IB element, a group IIB element, a group IIIB element, a group IVB element, a group VB element, a group VIB element, and mixtures of two or more thereof.
  • periodic table subgroup designations are those recommended by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), such as shown on the Periodic Table of the Elements, Learning Laboratories, Inc. (1996).
  • B is preferably an element selected from the group consisting of La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Sb, Sn, Bi, Pb, Tl, In, Te, Cr, V, Mn, Mo, Fe, Co, Cu, Ru, Rh, Pd, Pt, Ag, Cd, Os, Re, Ir, Au, and Hg.
  • B is more preferably an element selected from the group consisting of La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Sb, Sn, Bi, Co, Cr and Ag.
  • the letter “b” represents a number ranging from 0 to about 0.5, more preferably from 0 to about 0.4, even more preferably from 0 to about 0.2, still more preferably from 0 to about 0.1, and most preferably from 0 to about 0.05.
  • C is an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal or mixtures thereof.
  • C is preferably an element selected from the group consisting of Ca, K, Mg, Li, Na, Sr, Ba, Cs and Rb, and is more preferably an element selected from the group consisting of Ca, K and Mg.
  • the letter “c” represents a number ranging from 0 to about 0.5, more preferably from 0 to about 0.4, even more preferably from 0 to about 0.1, and most preferably from 0 to about 0.05.
  • O represents oxygen
  • d represents a number that satisfies valence requirements.
  • d is based on the oxidation states and the relative atomic fractions of the various metal atoms of the compound of formula I (e.g., calculated as one-half of the sum of the products of oxidation state and atomic fraction for each of the metal oxide components).
  • the catalyst material can comprise a compound having the formula I-A:
  • Ni nickel
  • O oxygen
  • x
  • the sum of (a+b+c) is preferably less than or not more than about 0.9, is preferably not more than about 0.7, and is even more preferably not more than about 0.5, and moreover, this sum preferably ranges from about 0.04 to about 0.6, more preferably from about 0.1 to about 0.5 and most preferably from about 0.1 to about 0.4.
  • the sum of (a+b+c) is preferably less than or not more than about 0.5, is preferably not more than about 0.4, and is even more preferably not more than about 0.3, and moreover, this sum preferably ranges from about 0.04 to about 0.5, more preferably from about 0.1 to about 0.4 and most preferably from about 0.1 to about 0.3.
  • A is Ti, Ta, Nb or Zr, or preferably, Ti, Ta or Nb;
  • B is La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Sb, Sn, Bi, Cr, Co or Ag, or preferably, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Sb, Sn or Bi;
  • C is Ca, K or Mg.
  • x ranges from about 0.1 to about 0.96, and preferably from about 0.5 to about 0.96, a ranges from about 0.3 to about 0.5, c ranges from about 0.01 to about 0.09, and preferably from about 0.01 to about 0.05, and d is a number that satisfies valence requirements.
  • A is Ti and Ta in combination, Ti and Nb in combination, or Ta and Nb in combination
  • B is La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Sb, Sn, Bi, Co, Cr and Ag
  • C is Ca, K or Mg.
  • x ranges from about 0.1 to about 0.96, and preferably from about 0.5 to about 0.96
  • a ranges from about 0.3 to about 0.5
  • c ranges from about 0.01 to about 0.09, and preferably from about 0.01 to about 0.05
  • d is a number that satisfies valence requirements.
  • A is Ti
  • B is Sb, Sn, Bi, Co
  • Ag or Ce and C is Sr, Ca, Mg or Li.
  • x ranges from about 0.5 to about 0.9
  • a ranges from about 0.15 to about 0.4
  • c ranges from 0 to about 0.05
  • d is a number that satisfies valence requirements.
  • A is Ta
  • B is Sb, Sn, Bi, Co, Ag or Ce
  • C is Sr, Ca, Mg or Li.
  • x ranges from about 0.5 to about 0.9
  • a ranges from about 0.15 to about 0.4
  • c ranges from 0 to about 0.05
  • d is a number that satisfies valence requirements.
  • A is Nb
  • B is Sb, Sn, Bi, Co, Ag or Ce
  • C is Sr, Ca, Mg or Li.
  • x ranges from about 0.5 to about 0.9
  • a ranges from about 0.15 to about 0.4
  • c ranges from 0 to about 0.05
  • d is a number that satisfies valence requirements.
  • the nickel catalyst of the invention can be a material comprising a mixed-metal oxide compound having the formula II:
  • each of “j”, “k” and “l” represent a number ranging from 0 to about 0.8, preferably from 0 to about 0.5, and more preferably from 0 to about 0.4.
  • the sum of (j+k+l) is at least about 0.04, preferably at least about 0.15, and more preferably at least about 0.3.
  • La* refers to one or more lanthanide series elements selected from the group consisting of La m , Ce n , Pr o , Nd p , Sm q , and preferably.
  • Each of “m”, “n”, “o”, “p”, “q”, “r”, “s” and “t” refer to numbers ranging from 0 to about 0.2, preferably from zero to about 0.1, and more preferably from zero to about 0.05.
  • the sum of (m+n+o+p+q+r+s+t) is preferably at least about 0.005, more preferably at least about 0.01, and can, in some embodiments, be at least about 0.05.
  • each of “u”, “v” and “w” refer to numbers ranging from 0 to about 0.4, preferably from 0 to about 0.1 and more preferably from 0 to about 0.05.
  • the nickel catalyst of the invention is preferably a supported catalyst.
  • the catalyst can therefore further comprise, in addition to one or more of the aforementioned compounds or compositions, a solid support or carrier.
  • the support is preferably a porous support, with a pore size typically ranging, without limitation, from about 2 mm to about 100 nm and with a surface area typically ranging, without limitation, from about 5 m 2 /g to about 300 m 2 /g.
  • the particular support or carrier material is not narrowly critical, and can include, for example, a material selected from the group consisting of silica, alumina, zeolite, activated carbon, titania, zirconia, magnesia, zeolites and clays, among others, or mixtures thereof.
  • Preferred support materials include titania, zirconia, alumina or silica.
  • the support material itself is the same as one of the preferred components (e.g., Al 2l O 3 for Al as a minor component)
  • the support material itself may effectively form a part of the catalytically active material.
  • the support can be entirely inert to the dehydrogenation reaction of interest.
  • Titania is a particularly preferred support, and can be obtained, for example, from commercial vendors such as Norton, Degussa or Engelhardt.
  • Exemplary approaches include, for example, sol-gel, freeze drying, spray drying, precipitation, impregnation, incipient wetness, spray impregnation, ion exchange, wet mix/evaporation, dry mix/compacting, high coating, fluid bed coating, bead coating, spin coating, physical vapor deposition (sputtering, electron beam evaporation, laser ablation) and chemical vapor deposition, among others.
  • sol-gel freeze drying, spray drying, precipitation, impregnation, incipient wetness, spray impregnation, ion exchange, wet mix/evaporation, dry mix/compacting, high coating, fluid bed coating, bead coating, spin coating, physical vapor deposition (sputtering, electron beam evaporation, laser ablation) and chemical vapor deposition, among others.
  • sol-gel freeze drying
  • spray drying precipitation
  • impregnation precipitation
  • impregnation precipitation
  • incipient wetness spray impregnation
  • Preferred approaches include, for example, impregnation techniques, precipitation techniques, sol-gel, evaporation, incipient wetness and spray drying, among others.
  • the catalyst may take any suitable forms (e.g., granular, tablets, etc.), as discussed in greater detail below.
  • a composition comprising each of the desired elements of the active oxide components of the catalyst (i.e., the major component and one or more minor components) can be formed, and then optionally calcined to form the corresponding mixed-metal oxide.
  • the pre-calcination composition can be formed, in the first instance for example, in a liquid state as a solution, dispersion, slurry or sol, by combining the major component, the first minor component(s), and optionally, the second and/or third minor component(s).
  • the pre-calcination composition can then be formed as a solid having the same relative ratios of the various components, for example, by being impregnated into, situated on, or formed in-situ with the support or carrier (e.g., via precipitation or sol-gel approaches).
  • a pre-calcination composition formed as a solution or dispersion can be impregnated into or onto the support, and then dried.
  • pre-calcination solution or dispersion can be precipitated, recovered and then dried.
  • a pre-calcination sol can be cured (gelled) to form the corresponding solid composition.
  • pre-calcination compositions can be otherwise treated (e.g., heated) as desired (e.g., to drive off solvents).
  • Preferred pre-calcination compositions of the invention can comprise, or alternatively consist essentially of, a compound represented by Formula I-B:
  • a particularly preferred pre-calcination composition can comprise, or alternatively consist essentially of, a compound represented by Formula II-B:
  • the preferred pre-calcination compositions can be in a liquid state (e.g., solution, dispersion, slurry or sol) or a solid state.
  • salts of the various elements are combined to form a solution or liquid dispersion thereof, (“precursor solutions”).
  • the metal salt precursor solutions are preferably aqueous solutions, and can typically include metal cations with counterions selected from nitrates, acetates, oxalates, and halides, among others.
  • the metal salt precursor solutions can also be organic solutions or sol-gels comprising such metal cations and counterions, as well as other counterions (e.g., alkoxides).
  • the resulting catalyst is preferably subsequently rinsed extensively (e.g., with water) to remove halide.
  • Particularly preferred salts for Ni, Ti, Nb, Ta and Zr include, for example, nickel nitrate, titanium oxalate, niobium oxalate, tantalum oxalate, and zirconium oxalate.
  • the mixed-metal salt solutions can then be impregnated into a support, preferably a titania support.
  • the volume of mixed-metal salt solutions used for impregnating the catalyst will depend on the pore volume of the support, and can typically range from about 0.1 to about 2, preferably from about 0.1 to about 1 times the pore volume thereof.
  • the pH is preferably maintained at about 2 to about 6.
  • the catalyst-impregnated support can then be dried, preferably at reduced pressure (i.e., under vacuum), at a temperature ranging from about 20° C. to about 100° C. for a period of time ranging from about 5 minutes to about 2 hours to form a semi-solid or solid pre-calcination composition.
  • reduced pressure i.e., under vacuum
  • various aqueous solutions comprised of water-soluble metal precursors can be combined in proper volumetric ratios to obtain combined solutions (or mixtures) having desired metal compositions.
  • Water can be separated from the metal-salt components of the combined solutions (or mixtures) by lyophilization, precipitation and/or evaporation.
  • Lyophilization refers to freezing the resulting mixture (e.g., under liquid nitrogen), and then placing the mixture in a high vacuum so that the water (ice) sublimes, leaving behind mixtures of dry metal precursors.
  • Precipitation refers to separating dissolved metal ions by adding one or more chemical reagents that will precipitate sparingly soluble salts of the metal ions.
  • Such chemical reagents may provide ions that shift ionic equilibrium to favor formation of insoluble metal salts (common ion effect), or may bind with metal ions to form uncharged, insoluble coordination compounds (complexation).
  • such reagents may oxidize or reduce metal ions to form ionic species that produce insoluble salts.
  • Other precipitation mechanisms include hydrolysis, in which metal ions react with water in the presence of a weak base to form insoluble metal salts, or the addition of agents (e.g., alcohols) that affect the polarity of the solvent.
  • the precipitate can be separated from the remaining solution by first centrifuging the solutions and then decanting the supernatant; residual water can be removed by evaporation of water from the precipitates to form a semi-solid or solid pre-calcination composition.
  • Evaporation refers to removing water by heating and/or under vacuum to form a semi-sold or solid pre-calcination composition.
  • the solid pre-calcination composition can be calcined according to methods known in the art. Calcination conditions can affect the activity of the catalyst, and can be optimized by a person of skill in the art, particularly in connection with a particular catalyst composition and/or dehydrogenation reaction conditions. Calcination is, without limitation, preferably effected at temperatures ranging from about 250° C. to about 600° C., and more preferably from about 275° C. to about 400° C. The calcination is preferably effected for period of time, and at a temperature sufficient to provide the desired metal oxide catalyst composition.
  • calcination is effected for a total, cumulative period of time of at least about 0.1 hour, and typically at least about 1 hour, with actual calcination times depending on temperature according to approaches known in the art.
  • the calcination environment is preferably an oxidizing environment (e.g., comprising air or other source of molecular oxygen), but can also be an inert environment.
  • oxidation of the metal components of the catalyst can be effected in situ during the reaction, by oxidizing under reaction conditions.
  • calcination can be effected prior to loading the catalyst into a reaction zone, or alternatively, can be effected in situ in the reaction zone prior to the reaction.
  • the solid pre-calcination composition or the calcination product can be ground, pelletized, pressed and/or sieved to ensure a consistent bulk density among samples and/or to ensure a consistent pressure drop across a catalyst bed in a reactor. Further processing can also occur, as discussed below.
  • the active catalyst of the invention can be included in a catalyst composition comprising other, inactive components.
  • the catalyst may, for example, be diluted (e.g., have its concentration reduced) with binders and/or inert fillers, which are known to those of skill in the art, including for example quartz chips, sand or cement.
  • Diluents may be added to the catalyst in the range of from about 0 to about 30% by volume, preferably in the range of from about 10 to about 25% by volume. Preferred diluents can improve the heat removal or heat transfer of the catalyst to help avoid hot spots or to modify hot spots.
  • Binders generally provide mechanical strength to the catalyst and may be added in the range of from about 0-30% by volume, preferably in the range of from about 5 to about 25% by volume.
  • Useful binders include silica sol, silica, alumina, diamataceous earth, hydrated zirconia, silica aluminas, alumina phosphates, naturally occurring materials and cement and combinations thereof. See, e.g., the discussion of supports, shapes, binders and fillers in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,376,613, 5,780,700 and 4,250,346, each of which is incorporated herein by reference for all purposes.
  • the percentages or amounts of binders, fillers or organics referred to herein relate to the starting ingredients prior to calcination. Thus, the above is not intended to imply statements on the actual bonding ratios, to which the invention is not restricted; for example during calcination other phases may form.
  • the catalyst or catalyst composition is provided to a reaction zone of a reactor.
  • the reactor is preferably a fixed-bed flow reactor, but other suitable reactor designs—including batch reactors and flow reactors (e.g., fluidized bed reactors)—can also be employed.
  • the catalyst is preferably provided in the reaction zone (e.g., in a fixed-bed) as a supported catalyst, but may also be provided as an unsupported catalyst (e.g., bulk, pelletized catalyst).
  • the catalyst may take any form, including powder, split, granular, pellets or a shaped catalyst, such as tablets, rings, cylinders, stars, ripped bodies, extrudates, etc., each of which are known to those of skill in the art.
  • the shaping of the mixture of starting composition may be carried out by compaction (for example tableting or extrusion) with or without a prior kneading step, if necessary with addition of conventional auxiliaries (e.g., graphite or stearic acid or its salts as lubricants).
  • the compaction gives the desired catalyst geometry directly.
  • Hollow cylinders may have an external diameter and length of from 2 to 10 mm and a wall thickness of from 1 to 3 mm.
  • the mixture of starting composition metal may be shaped either before or after the calcination. This can be carried out, for example, by comminuting or grinding the mixture before or after calcination and applying it to inert supports to produce coated catalysts.
  • co-catalysts can also be provided to the reaction zone, together with the catalyst of the present invention (in separate phases or as an integrated catalyst composition).
  • An alkane or other reactant to be dehydrogenated is provided to the reaction zone of the reactor containing the catalyst.
  • the dehydrogenation substrate reactant is provided to the reaction zone as a gas or in a gaseous state.
  • Liquid reactants can be vaporized by methods and devices known in the art and entrained in a moving stream of gaseous fluid.
  • the alkane can be substituted or unsubstituted.
  • the alkane is preferably an alkane having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms (a “C 2 to C 6 alkane”) or a substituted C 2 to C 6 alkane, and preferably an alkane having from 2 to 4 carbon atoms (a “C 2 to C 4 alkane”) or a substituted C 2 to C 4 alkane.
  • Preferred C 2 to C 6 alkane reactants include ethane, propane, isopropanol, n-butane, isobutane, and isopentane, with ethane being particularly preferred.
  • the oxidative dehydrogenation reaction for conversion of ethane to ethylene is representative:
  • the corresponding alkenes for other preferred C 2 to C 4 alkanes include propylene (from propane), acetone (from isopropanol), 1-butene and/or 2-butene (from n-butane), isobutene (from isobutane), isoamylenes (from isopentane), and isoprene.
  • Preferred substituted C 2 to C 4 alkanes include halide-substituted C 2 to C 4 .
  • ethyl chloride can be oxidatively dehydrogenated using the catalysts and methods described herein to form the vinyl chloride.
  • cyclohexane can be oxidatively dehydrogenated over the nickel catalysts of the invention to form benzene.
  • the nickel catalysts of the invention can also be used for dehydrogenating other hydrocarbon substrates, such as alkenes, to one or more dehydrogenation product(s).
  • alkenes such as alkenes
  • the oxidant is also provided to the reaction zone of the reactor containing the catalyst.
  • the oxidant is preferably a gaseous oxidant, but can also include a liquid oxidant or a solid-state oxidant.
  • the gaseous oxidant is preferably molecular oxygen, and can be provided as oxygen gas or as an oxygen-containing gas.
  • the oxygen containing gas can be air, or oxygen or air that has been diluted with one or more inert gases such as nitrogen.
  • Other gaseous oxidants, such as N 2 O or NO x can also be used in the oxidative dehydrogenation reaction.
  • the oxidant may be periodically regenerated—either by periodically withdrawing the catalyst from the reaction zone or by regenerating the catalyst in situ in the reaction zone (during-or in-between reaction runs).
  • the sequence of providing the catalyst, reactant and oxidant to the reaction zone is not critical.
  • the catalyst is provided in advance (or as noted above, even formed in situ in the reaction vessel from a pre-calcination composition), and the alkane gas and oxidant gas are provided subsequently—either together as a mixed gas through a common feed line, or alternatively, separately, but simultaneously, through different feed lines.
  • the simultaneous supply of alkane and gaseous oxidant to the reaction zone is referred to as “co-feed” regardless of the particular feed configuration employed.
  • the amount of catalyst loaded to the reaction zone of the reactor can vary, and are preferably controlled—together with reaction conditions, as discussed below—to effect the dehydrogenation reaction with favorable and industrially attractive performance characteristics.
  • the catalyst loading to the reaction zone will vary depending on the type of reactor, the size of the reaction zone, the form of the catalyst, required contact times, and/or the desired amount or flow-rates of reactants and/or products.
  • the absolute amount of alkane or other reactant and oxidant can likewise vary, depending primarily on the aforementioned factors, and can be optimized by persons of skill in the art to achieve the best performance.
  • the molar ratio of ethane to molecular oxygen, C 2 H 6 :O 2 in the reaction zone (or being fed to the reaction zone) can range from about 1:1 to about 40:1, preferably from about 2:1 to about 40:1, more preferably from about 66:34 to about 20:1, and most preferably from about 5:1 to about 20:1.
  • the C 2 H 6 :O 2 ratio can preferably range from about 5:1 to about 40:1, and preferably from about 5:1 to about 15:1, or alternatively, from about 10:1 to about 20:1.
  • the relative amounts of reactant and oxidant can alternatively be expressed in terms of volume percentages in reactor feed (for mixed-feed co-feed configuration) or in the reaction zone (regardless of co-feed configuration), with molecular oxygen preferably ranging from about 0.01% to about 34% by volume and the alkane preferably ranging from about 66% to about 99% by volume.
  • the amount of molecular oxygen more more preferably ranges from about 0.01% to about 20% by volume, and the amount of alkane more preferably ranges from about 80% to about 99% by volume. Flammability limits should be observed for safety reasons.
  • the reactor feed can also include diluents such as nitrogen, argon or carbon dioxide.
  • the reactor feed may comprise water vapor, or amounts of various reaction products (e.g., alkenes such as ethylene, propylene or butenes).
  • the alkane and the gaseous oxidant contact the catalyst in a reaction zone of a reactor under controlled reaction conditions, and the alkane is dehydrogenated to form the corresponding alkene(s).
  • the alkane contacts the catalyst in the presence of the oxidant and is dehydrogenated; the hydrogen atoms combine with an oxygen from the oxidant to form the corresponding alkene(s) and water as reaction products.
  • Contact between the reactant substrate, gaseous oxidant and catalyst can occur, for example, as a mixture of the feed gasses passes through or around the interstices of the fixed-bed catalyst and/or over an exposed surface of the catalyst.
  • the contact time (or residence time) can vary, and can be optimized by persons of skill in the art.
  • contact times can range from about 0.1 seconds to about 10 seconds, and preferably from about 0.5 seconds to about 5 seconds.
  • the gas space velocity SV in the vapor phase reaction can range from about 100/hr to about 10,000/hr, preferably from about 300/hr to about 6,000/hr, and more preferably from about 300/hr to about 2,000/hr.
  • Inert gas(es) can be used, if desired, as a diluting gas to adjust the space velocity.
  • the temperature and pressure of the reaction zone can likewise vary, and can likewise be optimized by persons of skill in the art. Without limitation, the temperature preferably ranges from about 200° C. to about 500° C., more preferably from about 200° C.
  • the temperature of the reaction zone during the dehydrogenation reaction is preferably controlled to be less than about 300° C.
  • Alkane oxidative dehydrogenation is an exothermic reaction, and adequate heat transfer (cooling) can be achieved using methods known in the art, including for example, cooling with steam.
  • the reaction pressure can range from atmospheric pressure to about 20 bar, and preferably ranges from about 1 bar to about 10 bar.
  • the relative alkane and oxidant feeds, catalyst loading, and reaction conditions are preferably controlled, individually and collectively among the various possible permutations, to achieve a reaction performance that is suitable for industrial applications. More specifically, the alkane and oxidant feeds, catalyst loading and reaction conditions are controlled such that the alkane is dehydrogenated to its corresponding alkene(s) with an alkane conversion of at least about 5%, preferably at least about 10%, and an alkene selectivity of at least about 70%, and preferably at least about 75%.
  • the aforementioned reaction parameters can be controlled to achieve a conversion of at least about or greater than 15%, and more preferably at least about 20% or higher, and to achieve a selectivity for the alkene of at least about or greater than about 80%, preferably at least about or greater than about 85%, and most preferably at least about or greater than about 90%.
  • selectivity is substantially independent of conversion.
  • % selectivity 100 ⁇ [(moles of alkene)/(moles of alkene+((moles of carbon dioxide)/2))].
  • alkane is ethane or propane
  • the dehydrogenation product can be one or more of 1-butene, 2-butene or 1,3-butadiene.
  • the percentages for selectivity and conversion may be based on one or more of these butane dehydrogenation products.
  • the nickel oxide/mixed-metal oxide catalysts of the present invention offer significant performance advantages as compared to current industrially-important (V—Mo) catalysts.
  • the catalysts of the invention can result in about a 20% conversion with about a 90% selectivity, as compared to about a 5% conversion with a 90% selectivity of the current industrially-important alternative.
  • the space-time yield achieved based on bulk-scale testing of the invention catalysts in laboratory-scale equipment is about 300 kg ethylene produced per m 3 of catalyst per hour—an improvement of a factor of about ten (10) as compared to known MoV-based catalysts.
  • the nickel oxide/mixed-metal oxide catalysts of the present invention are stable with respect to dehydrogenation activity and performance characteristics. Stability of the catalyst is demonstrated by lifetime testing, in which a C 2 to C 4 alkane or a substituted C 2 to C 4 alkane and a gaseous oxidant are co-fed to a reaction zone containing the catalyst while maintaining the reaction zone (and the catalyst) at temperature ranging from about 200° C. to about 500° C., preferably from about 250° C. to about 350° C., and more preferably from about 250° C. to about 300° C.
  • the alkane is contacted with the catalyst in the presence of the gaseous oxidant to dehydrogenate the alkane and to form the corresponding alkene.
  • the alkene, unreacted alkane and unreacted gaseous oxidant are exhausted or otherwise removed from the reaction zone.
  • the steps of co-feeding the reactants, dehydrogenating the alkane, and exhausting the alkene and unreacted reactants are effected for a cumulative reaction period of not less than about 200 hours, preferably not less than about 400 hours, more preferably not less than about 600 hours, even more preferably not less than about 1000 hours, and most preferably not less than about 2000 hours.
  • the catalyst is preferably stable for at least about 5000 hours, and more preferably at least about 8000 hours.
  • the nickel-containing mixed-metal oxide catalyst of the present invention has activity for selectively converting alkane to the corresponding alkene/olefin (e.g., ethane to ethylene) even in the presence of substantial amounts of alkene/olefin (e.g., ethylene) in the reaction zone.
  • the alkane can be oxidatively dehydrogenated to form the corresponding alkene in the reaction zone—even when the reaction zone comprises the corresponding alkene in a molar concentration of at least about 5%, relative to total moles of hydrocarbon, during the oxydehydrogenation—with an alkane conversion of at least about 5% and an alkene selectivity of at least about 50%.
  • a conversion of at least about 5% and a selectivity of at least about 50% can likewise be achieved where the molar concentration of the corresponding alkene in the reaction zone ranges from about 5% to about 50%, or where the molar concentration thereof is at least about 10%, at least about 20%, at least about 30%, at least about 40% or at least about 50%, relative to total moles of hydrocarbon.
  • alkane conversions as high as 10% with alkene selectivity as high as 70% can be achieved where the molar concentration the corresponding alkene in the reaction zone is at least about 30% relative to total moles of hydrocarbon.
  • a less-pure, mixed feed comprising both alkane and the corresponding alkene can be selectively enriched in the alkene.
  • a 70% ethane/30% ethylene feed stream, by volume can be enriched by conversion to a 60% ethane/40% ethylene product stream, by volume, or further, to a 50% ethane/50% ethylene product stream, by volume.
  • raffinate II a mixture of butane, 2-butenes and 1-butene gasses
  • Such enrichment schemes may be particularly important if employed in connection with separation schemes that are more effective with streams having higher alkene content.
  • a single-stage reactor system can be configured to recycle the product stream (or a portion thereof) back to the feed stream, resulting in an overall improvement in conversion and selectivity. More specifically, with reference to FIG.
  • the alkane e.g., C 2 H 6
  • gaseous oxidant e.g., O 2
  • the alkane is dehydrogenated in the reaction zone 10 to form the corresponding alkene
  • the resulting product stream 15 (comprising the corresponding alkene, unreacted alkane and optionally any excess gaseous oxidant) is exhausted from the reaction zone 10
  • a portion or all of the alkene- and unreacted-alkane-containing product stream 15 is then recycled back to the reaction zone via recycle line 25 (and is typically recombined with a fresh feed stream 5 ).
  • the product stream can be partially separated after being exhausted and before being recycled.
  • a multi-stage reaction system can be effected, in which the product stream from a first reaction zone, or a portion thereof, becomes the feed stream for a second reaction zone.
  • an alkane e.g., C 2 H 6
  • a gaseous oxidant e.g., O 2
  • feed conduits 5 can be co-fed through feed conduits 5 to a first reaction zone 10 , in which the alkane is dehydrogenated to form the corresponding alkene, and the first product stream 15 comprising the corresponding alkene and unreacted alkane from the first reaction zone 10 is exhausted therefrom.
  • the alkene- and unreacted-alkane-containing product stream 15 from the first reaction zone is then fed to a second reaction zone 20 —preferably with a co-feed of fresh gaseous oxidant via feed conduit 5 ′ to the second reaction zone 20 .
  • the alkane is further dehydrogenated in the second reaction zone 20 to form the corresponding alkene therein.
  • the alkene product is exhausted from the second reaction zone 20 as a product stream 15 ′. Additional stages of reaction zones (in one or more reactors) can likewise be added.
  • the second (or further additional) reaction zone(s) preferably comprises the alkene at a molar concentration of at least about 5% relative to total moles hydrocarbon, and can be higher up to about 50%, as well as at one or more of the intermediate levels as described above.
  • fresh gaseous oxidant e.g., molecular oxygen
  • the amount of gaseous oxidant can be controlled at each stage to achieve an optimized selectivity and conversion for the dehydrogenation reaction occurring in that stage. This is particularly advantageous because low oxidant concentrations in the feed typically favor more selective oxydehydrogenation reactions, with less formation of side-product (e.g., carbon dioxide).
  • the molar concentration of oxygen in the first and second reaction zones is controlled to range from about 3% to about 40%, preferably from about 3% to about 20%, more preferably from about 5% to about 20%, and most preferably from about 8% to about 15%, in each case relative to ethane.
  • the overall conversion and selectivity for ethane dehydrogenation to ethylene with a multi-stage, multi-low-level oxygen co-feed system as described herein is preferably at least about 5% alkane conversion and at least about 70% alkene selectivity, preferably at least about 80% alkene selectivity, preferably at least about 85% alkene selectivity, and more preferably at least about 90% alkene selectivity, and in another embodiment, preferably at least about 10% alkane conversion and at least about 80% alkene selectivity, preferably at least about 85% alkene selectivity, and more preferably at least about 90% alkene selectivity.
  • the overall conversion is at least about 30%, more preferably at least about a value ranging from about 30% to about 45%, and the overall selectivity is at least about 70%, more preferably at least about a value ranging from about 70% to about 85%.
  • the resulting product stream typically comprises the product alkene/olefin of interest, together with unreacted alkane, possibly unreacted gaseous oxidant, as well as any side-product (e.g., CO 2 ).
  • the desired alkene product can be separated from the reaction product stream by methods known in the art.
  • the alkene product can be recovered from the reaction product stream by cryogenic separation, by pressure-swing adsorption (e.g., on zeolites), by selective absorption.
  • reaction product stream can be used, without further separation or with partial separation (e.g., with removal of CO 2 ) as a feedstream to a downstream reactor, where the alkene product can be reacted further (e.g., as discussed below).
  • the oxydehydrogenation products of the reactions disclosed herein e.g., ethylene, propylene, butenes, pentenes
  • ethylene, propylene, butenes, pentenes can be further reacted to form a number of commercially important downstream products.
  • Ethylene produced by the oxydehydrogenation of ethane using the nickel oxide/mixed-metal oxide catalyst of the present invention can, for example, be further reacted to form polyethylene, styrene, ethanol, acetaldehyde, acetic acid, vinyl chloride, ethylene oxide, ethylene glycol, ethylene carbonate, ethyl acetate and vinyl acetate, among others.
  • ethylene can be formed by oxidatively dehydrogenating ethane in the presence of a catalyst comprising (i) Ni, a Ni oxide, a Ni salt or mixtures thereof, and (ii) elements or compounds selected from the group consisting of Ti, Ta, Nb, Hf, W, Y, Zn, Zr, Al, oxides thereof, and salts thereof, or mixtures of such elements or compounds.
  • a catalyst comprising (i) Ni, a Ni oxide, a Ni salt or mixtures thereof, and (ii) elements or compounds selected from the group consisting of Ti, Ta, Nb, Hf, W, Y, Zn, Zr, Al, oxides thereof, and salts thereof, or mixtures of such elements or compounds.
  • the catalyst can be more specifically characterized as described above.
  • the ethylene can be optionally purified, and then further reacted to form a downstream reaction product of ethylene according to one or more of the following schemes.
  • Ethylene can be polymerized to form polyethylene according to methods known in the art using a catalyst having activity for polymerizing ethylene to polyethylene. Exemplary polymerization approaches include free-radical polymerization, and polymerization over Ziegler (i.e., metal alkyl) catalysts.
  • Styrene Ethylene can be reacted with benzene in the presence of acid catalysts such as aluminum chloride or zeolites to form ethylbenzene, which can be catalytically dehydrogenated (using a catalyst of the invention or known dehydrogenation catalysts) to form styrene. Styrene can also be formed directly from the reaction of ethylene with benzene. Ethanol.
  • Ethylene can be hydrated to form ethanol according to methods known in the art using a catalyst comprising an element or compound having activity for hydrating ethylene to ethanol.
  • Preferred ethylene hydration catalysts include oxides of B, Ga, Al, Sn, Sb or Zn, or mixtures of such oxides. Water is preferably cofed to the reaction zone during the hydration reaction.
  • Acetaldehyde Acetaldehyde can be formed from ethylene according to methods known in the art—either directly, or through an ethanol intermediate. In a direct route, ethylene is oxidized to acetaldehyde using a catalyst comprising an element or compound having activity for oxidizing ethylene to acetaldehyde.
  • Preferred ethylene oxidation catalysts for acetaldehyde formation include oxides of Pd, Cu, V or Co, or mixtures of such oxides.
  • ethylene is hydrated to form ethanol (as described above) and ethanol is then oxidized to form acetaldehyde in the presence of a catalyst having activity for oxidizing ethanol to acetaldehyde.
  • Preferred ethanol oxidation catalysts for acetaldehyde formation include metals and/or metal oxides of Cu, Co, Ag, Re, Ru, Pt, Bi, Ce, Sb, In, Pd, Rh, Ir, V, Cr or Mn, or mixtures of such oxides.
  • Acetic Acid is hydrated to form ethanol (as described above) and ethanol is then oxidized to form acetaldehyde in the presence of a catalyst having activity for oxidizing ethanol to acetaldehyde.
  • Preferred ethanol oxidation catalysts for acetaldehyde formation include metals
  • Ethylene can be oxidized to form acetic acid according to methods known in the art using a catalyst comprising an element or compound having activity for oxidizing ethylene to acetic acid.
  • the catalyst preferably comprises a noble metal or an oxide thereof, and more preferably, Pd or Pt or oxides thereof. Water is preferably co-fed to the reaction zone during the ethylene oxidation reaction.
  • Ethylene can be chlorinated or oxychlorinated to form vinyl chloride according to methods known in the art.
  • ethylene chlorination catalysts for preparing vinyl chloride comprise a metal halide or metal oxyhalide, and preferably, a halide or oxyhalide of Cu, Fe or Cr.
  • a gaseous oxidant and HCl or other chlorinating agent are preferably co-fed to the reaction zone, and ethylene is oxychlorinated in the presence of a catalyst having activity for oxychlorinating ethylene to vinyl chloride.
  • Preferred ethylene oxychlorination catalysts for preparing vinyl chloride comprise a metal halide or metal oxyhalide, and most preferably, a halide or oxyhalide of Cu, Fe or Cr.
  • Ethylene Oxide Ethylene can be oxidized to form ethylene oxide according to methods known in the art using a catalyst comprising an element or compound having activity for oxidizing ethylene to ethylene oxide.
  • the catalyst preferably comprises Ag, a halide thereof, an oxide thereof or a salt thereof.
  • Ethylene Glycol Ethylene glycol can be produced by oxidizing ethylene to form ethylene oxide as described above, and hydrating ethylene oxide to form ethylene glycol.
  • ethylene can be converted into ethylene glycol directly, in a single-step process.
  • Ethylene Carbonate Ethylene carbonate can be produced from ethylene by reacting ethylene with carbon dioxide or carbon monoxide to form ethylene carbonate, or alternatively by forming ethylene glycol as described above and then reacting the ethylene glycol with phosgene.
  • Ethyl acetate Ethyl acetate can be formed from acetic acid, prepared as described above, according to methods known in the art.
  • Vinyl acetate Vinyl acetate can be prepared by vapor-phase reaction of ethylene, acetic acid and oxygen over a Pd catalyst.
  • Propylene produced by the oxydehydrogenation of propane using the nickel oxide/mixed-metal oxide catalyst of the present invention can, for example, be further reacted to form polypropylene, acrolein, acrylic acid, acetone, propylene oxide and propylene carbonate, among other downstream reaction products of propylene.
  • propylene can be formed by oxidatively dehydrogenating propane in the presence of a catalyst comprising (i) Ni, a Ni oxide, a Ni salt or mixtures thereof, and (ii) elements or compounds selected from the group consisting of Ti, Ta, Nb, Hf, W, Y, Zn, Zr, Al, oxides thereof, and salts thereof, or mixtures of such elements or compounds.
  • the catalyst can be more specifically characterized as described above.
  • the propylene can be optionally purified, and then further reacted according to one or more of the following schemes.
  • Polypropylene Propylene can be polymerized to form polypropylene according to methods known in the art using a catalyst having activity for polymerizing propylene to polypropylene.
  • Exemplary propylene polymerization catalysts include, for example, aluminum alkyl catalysts.
  • Acrolein Propylene can be oxidized to form acrolein according to methods known in the art using a catalyst comprising an element or compound having activity for oxidizing propylene to acrolein.
  • the catalyst preferably comprises an oxide of Bi, Mo, Te or W, or mixtures of such oxides.
  • Acrylic Acid Propylene can be oxidized to form acrylic acid according to methods known in the art using a catalyst comprising an element or compound having activity for oxidizing propylene to acrylic acid.
  • the catalyst preferably comprises an oxide of Mo, V or W, or mixtures of such oxides.
  • Acetone can be produced from propylene by oxidation of propylene.
  • Propylene Oxide Propylene can be oxidized to form propylene oxide according to methods known in the art using a catalyst comprising an element or compound having activity for oxidizing propylene to propylene oxide.
  • the catalyst preferably comprises TiSi oxide or PdTiSi oxide catalysts.
  • Propylene carbonate Propylene carbonate can be formed by preparing propylene oxide as described above, and by reacting the propylene oxide with carbon dioxide. Propylene can also be directly converted to propylene carbonate in a single-step process.
  • the oxydehydrogenation products of isobutane and n-butane can likewise be further reacted.
  • Isobutene can be further reacted, for example, to form methacrylic acid.
  • n-Butene can be further reacted, for example, to form butanol, butanediol, butadiene, methylethylketone (MEK), methylvinylketone (MVK), furane, or crotonaldehyde.
  • MEK methylethylketone
  • MVK methylvinylketone
  • isobutene or n-butene can be formed by oxidatively dehydrogenating the respective butane in the presence of a catalyst comprising (i) Ni, a Ni oxide, a Ni salt or mixtures thereof, and (ii) elements or compounds selected from the group consisting of Ti, Ta, Nb, Hf, W, Y, Zn, Zr, Al, oxides thereof, and salts thereof, or mixtures of such elements or compounds.
  • the catalyst can be more specifically characterized as described above.
  • the isobutene or n-butene can be optionally purified, and then further reacted according to one or more of the following schemes.
  • Isobutene can be oxidized to form methacrylic acid according to methods known in the art using a catalyst comprising an element or compound having activity for oxidizing isobutene to methacrylic acid.
  • the catalyst preferably comprises a polyoxometallate (POM), and in particular, PVMo- or PVW-containing POM.
  • POM polyoxometallate
  • Butanol can be prepared by hydrating n-butene to form butanol. Butadiene.
  • n-Butene can be oxidatively dehydrogenated to form butadiene according to the methods of the present invention (and/or according to other methods known in the art) using a catalyst comprising an element or compound having activity for oxidatively dehydrogenating n-butene to butadiene.
  • the catalyst preferably comprises (i) Ni, a Ni oxide, a Ni salt or mixtures thereof, and (ii) elements or compounds selected from the group consisting of Ti, Ta, Nb, Hf, W, Y, Zn, Zr, Al, oxides thereof, and salts thereof, or mixtures of such elements or compounds.
  • the catalyst can be more specifically characterized as described above. Butanediol.
  • Butane diol can be prepared by forming butadiene, as described above, and then hydrating butadiene to form butanediol.
  • MEK Methylethylketone
  • n-Butene can be oxidatively dehydrogenated to form butadiene (as described above), and butadiene can be oxidized to form methylethylketone (MEK) according to the methods known in the art using a catalyst comprising an element or compound having activity for oxidation of butadiene to MEK.
  • the catalyst preferably comprises Bi/Mo, Mo/V/W, VPO or a polyoxometallate.
  • Methylvinylketone (MVK) Methylvinylketone
  • n-Butene can be oxidatively dehydrogenated to form butadiene (as described above), and butadiene can be oxidized to form methylvinylketone (MVK) according to the methods known in the art using a catalyst comprising an element or compound having activity for oxidation of butadiene to MVK.
  • the catalyst preferably comprises Bi/Mo, Mo/V/W, VPO or a polyoxometallate.
  • Furane can be prepared by oxidizing n-butene.
  • Crotonaldehyde Crotonaldehyde can be prepared by forming butadiene, as described above, and then oxidizing butadiene to form crotonaldehyde.
  • the reactants are preferably provided to the reaction zone in the presence of the respective catalysts.
  • the catalyst(s) for the downstream reaction(s) can be co-catalysts provided to the same reaction zone in which the oxydehydrogenation catalyst is situated, or alternatively, can be provided to a physically separate, down-stream reaction zone.
  • the catalyst for the downstream reaction can be prepared and provided to the reaction zone as a separate composition from the catalyst of the present invention, or alternatively, can be prepared and provided to the reaction zone as a single composition in separate phases or as an integrated catalyst composition having activity for both the oxydehydrogenation reaction and the respective downstream reaction of interest.
  • the oxydehydrogenation reaction and the downstream reaction of interest are preferably performed sequentially (e.g., where an alkane is oxydehydrogenated to form the corresponding alkene as the oxydehydrogenation product, and the alkene is then further reacted to form the downstream product of interest).
  • catalysts were prepared in small quantities (e.g. ⁇ 100 mg) or in larger, bulk quantities (e.g., ⁇ 20 g) using conventional precipitation and/or evaporation approaches.
  • Small quantity catalysts were generally prepared with automated liquid dispensing robots (Cavro Scientific Instruments) in glass vials contained in wells of an aluminum substrate.
  • Catalysts were screened for activity for oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane (ODHE), regardless of the scale of preparation, in a parallel fixed bed reactor substantially as disclosed in PCT patent application WO 99/64160 (Symyx Technologies, Inc.).
  • a library of catalyst precursors were prepared by dispensing various amounts of aqueous stock solutions using a Cavro automated liquid handling robot to an array of glass vials held in an aluminum substrate.
  • the precipitating agent NMe 4 OH solution
  • the high-speed injection of the base provides mixing of the catalyst precursor solution and precipitation agents, thereby effecting precipitation of solid catalyst materials.
  • additional liquid e.g., distilled water was, in some cases, also injected into the vial containing the metal precursor solution and base precipitating agent.
  • the resulting precipitate mixtures were allowed to settle at about 25° C. for about 2 hours, and were then centrifuged at 3000 rpm to separate solid precipitate from the solution.
  • the solution was decanted and solids were dried under vacuum at 60° C. in a vacuum oven.
  • Table 1A summarizes the composition and amounts of the various catalyst compositions.
  • the dried catalyst compositions were calcined to 300° C. in an atmosphere of air with an oven temperature profile: ramp to 300° C. at 2° C./min and dwell at 300° C. for 8 hours. Samples were ground with a spatula.
  • the mixed metal oxide catalysts ( ⁇ 50 mg) were screened in the fixed bed parallel reactor. The performance characteristics of these catalysts for ethane oxidative dehydrogenation at 300° C. with relative flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm are summarized in Table 1B (ethane conversion) and Table 1C (ethylene selectivity).
  • NiNbTi oxide catalysts were prepared substantially as described above and having the composition and amounts summarized in Table 1F.
  • the performance characteristics of these catalysts for ethane oxidative dehydrogenation in the parallel fixed bed reactor at 300° C. with relative flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm are summarized in Table 1G (ethane conversion) and Table 1H (ethylene selectivity).
  • Catalyst compositions comprising various relative amounts of oxides of Ni, Nb, Ta and Ti were prepared in small ( ⁇ 100 mg) quantities by precipitation substantially as described in connection with Example 1.
  • Table 2A summarizes the composition and amounts of the various catalyst compositions.
  • the dried catalyst compositions were calcined to 300° C. in an atmosphere of air with an oven temperature profile: ramp to 300° C. at 2° C./min and dwell at 300° C. for 8 hours.
  • the mixed metal oxide catalysts ( ⁇ 50 mg) were screened in the fixed bed parallel reactor.
  • the performance characteristics of these catalysts for ethane oxidative dehydrogenation at 300° C. with relative flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm are summarized in Table 2B (ethane conversion) and Table 2C (ethylene selectivity).
  • the catalysts were also screened for ethane oxidative dehydrogenation at 300° C. with relative flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.82:0.022 sccm.
  • Table 2D ethane conversion
  • Table 2E ethylene selectivity
  • the dried catalyst compositions were calcined to 300° C. in an atmosphere of air with an oven temperature profile: ramp to 300° C. at 2° C./min and dwell at 300° C. for 8 hours.
  • the mixed metal oxide catalysts ( ⁇ 50 mg) were screened in the fixed bed parallel reactor.
  • the performance characteristics of these catalysts for ethane oxidative dehydrogenation at 300° C. with relative flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm are summarized in Table 3B (ethane conversion) and Table 3C (ethylene selectivity).
  • Table 5A summarizes the composition and amounts of the various catalyst compositions.
  • ethane conversion values for the NiTiCe oxide compositions ranged from 9.6% (with ethylene selectivity of 66.5%) to 17.6% (with ethylene selectivity of 79.3%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 66.5% (with ethane conversion of 9.6%) to 80.1% (with ethane conversion of 17.0%).
  • Table 6A summarizes the composition and amounts of the various catalyst compositions.
  • ethane conversion values for the NiTiSb oxide compositions ranged from 1.0% (with ethylene selectivity of 73.3%) to 15.8% (with ethylene selectivity of 79.2%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 73.3% (with ethane conversion of 1.0%) to 81.8% (with ethane conversion of 7.2%).
  • Ethane conversion values for the NiZrSb oxide compositions ranged from 1.4% (with ethylene selectivity of 75.5%) to 11.9% (with ethylene selectivity of 74.7%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 63.2% (with ethane conversion of 6.3%) to 78.3% (with ethane conversion of 11.3%).
  • Table 7A summarizes the composition and amounts of the various catalyst compositions.
  • Ethane conversion values for the NiZrNd oxide compositions ranged from 4.5% (with ethylene selectivity of 41.5%) to 13.4% (with ethylene selectivity of 71.8%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 41.5% (with ethane conversion of 4.5%) to 77.3% (with ethane conversion of 13.1%).
  • ethane conversion (C) and ethylene selectivity (S) values for the NiTiNd oxide compositions ranged from 4.9% C, 62.7% S to 11.0% C, 93.3% S.
  • Ethane conversion (C) and ethylene selectivity (S) values for the NiZrNd oxide compositions ranged from 4.2% C, 59.0% S to 10.0% C, 90.7% S.
  • Table 8A summarizes the composition and amounts of the various catalyst compositions.
  • ethane conversion (C) and ethylene selectivity (S) values for the NiTiYb oxide compositions ranged from 4.1% C, 41.6% S to 16.8% C, 83.4% S.
  • Ethane conversion (C) and ethylene selectivity (S) values for the NiZrYb oxide compositions ranged from 5.0% C, 46.8% S to 13.2% C, 75.6% S.
  • ethane conversion (C) and ethylene selectivity (S) values for the NiTiYb oxide compositions ranged from 6.0% C, 72.9% S to 10.6% C, 91.8% S.
  • Ethane conversion (C) and ethylene selectivity (S) values for the NiZrYb oxide compositions ranged from 6.7% C, 75.9% S to 10.3% C, 89.9% S.
  • Table 9A summarizes the composition and amounts of the various catalyst compositions.
  • ethane conversion values for the NiTiSm oxide compositions ranged from 10.4% (with ethylene selectivity of 57.5%) to 19.0% (with ethylene selectivity of 81.8%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 57.5% (with ethane conversion of 10.4%) to 82.8% (with ethane conversion of 18.3%).
  • ethane conversion values for the NiTiSm oxide compositions ranged from 6.8% (with ethylene selectivity of 75.1%) to 11.5% (with ethylene selectivity of 92.2%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 75.1% (with ethane conversion of 6.8%) to 92.7% (with ethane conversion of 11.3%).
  • Ethane conversion (C) and ethylene selectivity (S) values for the NiZrSm oxide compositions ranged from 7.7% C, 80.3% S to 10.3% C, 90.4% S.
  • NiTiSmX Cs, Mg, Ca, Sb, Bi, V, Nb, Ta
  • NiTiNbTaSm Oxide Catalysts #16297/16506/16650
  • Catalyst compositions comprising various NiTiSmX oxides, where X is Cs, Mg, Ca, Sb, Bi, V or Nb were prepared in small ( ⁇ 100 mg) quantities by precipitation substantially as described in connection with Example 1.
  • Table 10A summarizes the composition and amounts of the various catalyst compositions.
  • ethane conversion values for the NiTiSmCs oxide compositions ranged from 13.8% (with ethylene selectivity of 76.5%) to 18.2% (with ethylene selectivity of 83.7%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 76.5% (with ethane conversion of 13.8%) to 84.7% (with ethane conversion of 18.0%).
  • Ethane conversion values for the NiTiSmMg oxide compositions ranged from 15.9% (with ethylene selectivity of 85.2%) to 19.1% (with ethylene selectivity of 85.4%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 83.9% (with ethane conversion of 17.3%) to 85.7% (with ethane conversion of 17.3%).
  • Ethane conversion values for the NiTiSmCa oxide compositions ranged from 14.5% (with ethylene selectivity of 78.7%) to 19.1% (with ethylene selectivity of 83.5%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 78.7% (with ethane conversion of 14.5%) to 85.6% (with ethane conversion of 15.9%).
  • Ethane conversion values for the NiTiSmSb oxide compositions ranged from 15.6% (with ethylene selectivity of 83.2%) to 18.7% (with ethylene selectivity of 83.1%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 81.5% (with ethane conversion of 16.3%) to 85.1% (with ethane conversion of 17.9%).
  • Ethane conversion values for the NiTiSmBi oxide compositions ranged from 11.1% (with ethylene selectivity of 60.1%) to 17.9% (with ethylene selectivity of 86.1%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 59.0% (with ethane conversion of 11.3%) to 86.1% (with ethane conversion of 17.9%).
  • Ethane conversion values for the NiTiSmTa oxide compositions ranged from 6.1% (with ethylene selectivity of 72.7%) to 20.0% (with ethylene selectivity of 85.5%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 72.7% (with ethane conversion of 6.1%) to 87.3% (with ethane conversion of 18.8%).
  • ethane conversion values for the NiTiSmCs oxide compositions ranged from 15.0% (with ethylene selectivity of 80.4%) to 19.3% (with ethylene selectivity of 88.4%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 80.4% (with ethane conversion of 15.0%) to 90.2% (with ethane conversion of 18.3%).
  • Ethane conversion values for the NiTiSmMg oxide compositions ranged from 17.3% (with ethylene selectivity of 89.4%) to 20.0% (with ethylene selectivity of 88.5%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 87.3% (with ethane conversion of 18.3%) to 90.2% (with ethane conversion of 17.9%).
  • Ethane conversion values for the NiTiSmCa oxide compositions ranged from 15.2% (with ethylene selectivity of 83.9%) to 20.0% (with ethylene selectivity of 86.9%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 83.9% (with ethane conversion of 15.2%) to 89.9% (with ethane conversion of 17.9%).
  • Ethane conversion values for the NiTiSmSb oxide compositions ranged from 15.9% (with ethylene selectivity of 86.9%) to 19.1% (with ethylene selectivity of 88.1%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 85.2% (with ethane conversion of 17.3%) to 88.1% (with ethane conversion of 19.1%).
  • Ethane conversion values for the NiTiSmBi oxide compositions ranged from 13.2% (with ethylene selectivity of 81.4%) to 19.9% (with ethylene selectivity of 85.8%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 78.1% (with ethane conversion of 14.1%) to 85.9% (with ethane conversion of 16.7%).
  • Ethane conversion values for the NiTiSmV oxide compositions ranged from 14.5% (with ethylene selectivity of 81.8%) to 17.9% (with ethylene selectivity of 84.3%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 78.7% (with ethane conversion of 15.1%) to 86.1% (with ethane conversion of 17.1%).
  • Ethane conversion (C) and ethylene selectivity (S) values for the NiTiSmNb oxide compositions ranged from 17.3% C, 84.7% S to 19.6% C, 89.1% S.
  • Ethane conversion (C) and ethylene selectivity (S) values for the NiTiSmNb oxide compositions ranged from 7.3% C, 72.8% S to 20.3% C, 89.5% S.
  • distilled water (3.0 ml) was also injected into the mixture.
  • the resulting precipitate mixture was settled at 25° C. for 2 hours, and then centrifuged at 3000 rpm.
  • the solution was decanted and the solids were dried under vacuum at 60° C. in a vacuum oven. The dried materials were then calcined by heating to 320° C. at 5° C./min and maintaining at 320° C. for 8 hours in air.
  • the various catalyst compositions and amounts are summarized in Table 11A (NiTiSn oxides) and Table 11B (NiZrSn oxides).
  • NiTiSn oxide catalysts in an initial screening (calcination at 300° C., 8 hours, screening in fixed bed parallel reactor at 300° C. with flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm, as described), ethane conversion values for the NiTiSn oxide compositions ranged from 11.1% (with ethylene selectivity of 79.4%) to 19.2% (with ethylene selectivity of 85.4%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 79.2% (with ethane conversion of 14.8%) to 86.1% (with ethane conversion of 18.2%).
  • ethane conversion values for the NiTiSn oxide compositions ranged from 3.5% (with ethylene selectivity of 86.0%) to 8.5% (with ethylene selectivity of 92.8%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 85.4% (with ethane conversion of 4.4%) to 93.4% (with ethane conversion of 7.9%).
  • NiZrSn oxide catalysts in an initial screening (calcination at 300° C., 8 hours, screening in fixed bed parallel reactor at 300° C. with flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm, as described), ethane conversion values for the NiZrSn oxide compositions ranged from 15.0% (with ethylene selectivity of 77.3%) to 17.8% (with ethylene selectivity of 80.9%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 77.2% (with ethane conversion of 15.6%) to 81.9% (with ethane conversion of 17.1%).
  • NiTa, NiNb, NiNbTa Various Forms
  • Ni 0.83 Ta 0.17 Aqueous solution of nickel nitrate (1.0M, 167.0 ml) was mixed with tantalum oxalate (0.66M in water with 0.26M oxalic acid, 53.0 ml). To the stirring mixture of nickel nitrate and tantalum oxalate, tetramethylammonium hydroxide aqueous solution (1.42M, 210.0 ml) was added to give precipitation. The water in the mixture was removed by freeze-drying, and the resulting solid was then calcined under an atmosphere of air at the heating rate of 1° C./min to the temperature of 120° C., dwelled at 120C.
  • Gray solid NiTa oxide (18.0 g) were obtained and 50.0 mg thereof was tested in the fixed bed parallel reactor for ethane oxidative dehydrogenation under the aforementioned conditions.
  • Ni 0.62 Ta 0.19 Nb 0.19 Aqueous solution of nickel nitrate (1.0M, 153.0 ml), tantalum oxalate aqueous solution (0.66M in water with 0.26M oxalic acid, 73.0 ml), and niobium oxalate aqueous solution (0.62M in water with 0.35M oxalic acid, 76.0 ml) were mixed in a 2 L beaker. While the solution was vigorously stirred by a mechanical stir, ammonium carbonate aqueous solution (1.62M, 285.0 ml) was added in a controlled manner so that the foam was formed slowly to give precipitation.
  • the mixture was transferred to containers, which was centrifuged at 4000 rpm for 15 minutes.
  • the solution was decanted and solid materials were further dried at 60° C. under reduced pressure for 5 hours.
  • the resulting solid materials were calcined under an atmosphere of air at 3° C./min to 350° C. and dwelled at 350° C. for 8 hours, and then cooled to 25° C.
  • Dark gray solid NiTaNb oxide (19.0 g) was obtained, and 50.0 mg thereof was tested in the parallel fixed bed reactor for ethane oxidative dehydrogenation under the aforementioned conditions.
  • Ni 0.62 Ta 0.10 Nb 0.28 Aqueous solution of nickel nitrate (1.0M, 80.0 ml), tantalum oxalate aqueous solution (0.66M in water with 0.26M oxalic acid, 19.0 ml), and niobium oxalate aqueous solution (0.62M in water with 0.35M oxalic acid, 57.0 ml) were mixed in a 2 L beaker. While the solution was vigorously stirred by a mechanical stir, ammonium carbonate aqueous solution (1.62M, 143.0 ml) was added in a controlled manner so that the foam was formed slowly to give precipitation.
  • the mixture was transferred to containers, which was centrifuged at 4000 rpm for 15 minutes.
  • the solution was decanted and solid materials were further dried at 60° C. under reduced pressure for 5 hours.
  • the resulting solid materials were calcined under an atmosphere of air at 2° C./min to 300° C. and dwelled at 300° C. for 8 hours, and then cooled to 25° C.
  • Dark gray solid NiTaNb oxide (12.0 g) was obtained and about 50 mg thereof was tested in the parallel fixed bed reactor for ethane oxidative dehydrogenation under the aforementioned conditions.
  • Ni 0.65 Nb 0.33 Ce 0.02 O x Aqueous solution of nickel nitrate (1.0M, 150.0 ml), niobium oxalate aqueous solution (0.58M in water with 0.14M oxalic acid, 131.0 ml), and cerium nitrate (1.0M, 4.6 ml) were mixed in a 2 L beaker. While the solution was vigorously stirred by a mechanical stir, ammonium carbonate aqueous solution (1.62M, 214.7 ml) was added in a controlled manner so that the foam was formed slowly to give precipitation. The mixture was transferred to containers, which was centrifuged at 4000 rpm for 15 minutes.
  • the solution was decanted and solid materials were further dried at 60° C. under reduced pressure for 5 hours.
  • the resulting solid materials were calcined under an atmosphere of air at 2° C./min to 300° C. and dwelled at 300° C. for 8 hours, and then cooled to 25° C.
  • Dark gray solid NiNbCe oxide (20.94 g) was obtained and 45.8 mg thereof was tested in the parallel fixed bed reactor for ethane oxidative dehydrogenation under the aforementioned conditions.
  • NiNbCe oxide (10.41 g) prepared as described above in connection with library #14560 was further calcined to 400° C. at 2° C./min and dwelled at 400° C. for 8 hrs under an atmosphere of air. Solid NiNbCe oxide (10.19 g) was obtained, and 49.2 mg thereof was tested in the parallel fixed bed reactor for ethane oxidative dehydrogenation under the aforementioned conditions.
  • Ni 0.71 Nb 0.27 Sb 0.02 O x Aqueous solution of nickel nitrate (1.0M, 150.0 ml), niobium oxalate aqueous solution (0.58M in water with 0.14M oxalic acid, 98.3 ml), and antimony acetate aqueous solution (0.234M with oxalic acid 1.27M, 18.1 ml) were mixed in a 2 L beaker. While the solution was vigorously stirred by a mechanical stir, ammonium carbonate aqueous solution (1.62M, 228.4 ml) was added in a controlled manner so that the foam was formed slowly to give precipitation.
  • the mixture was transferred to containers, which was centrifuged at 4000 rpm for 15 minutes.
  • the solution was decanted and solid materials were further dried at 60° C. under reduced pressure for 5 hours.
  • the resulting solid materials were calcined under an atmosphere of air at 2° C./min to 300° C. and dwelled at 300° C. for 8 hours, and then cooled to 25° C.
  • Dark gray solid NiNbSb oxide (18.75 g) was obtained and 54.8 mg thereof was tested in the parallel fixed bed reactor for ethane oxidative dehydrogenation under the aforementioned conditions.
  • NiNbSb oxide (8.86 g) prepared as described above in connection with library #14587 was further calcined to 400° C. at 2° C./min and dwelled at 400° C. for 8 hrs under an atmosphere of air. Solid NiNbSb oxide (8.60 g) was obtained, and 54.1 mg thereof was tested in the parallel fixed bed reactor for ethane oxidative dehydrogenation under the aforementioned conditions.
  • NiTa, NiTaCe, NiTaDy, NiNbTaCe, NiNbDy, NiNb and titania supported NiNbSm oxide catalysts were prepared in large, bulk quantities ( ⁇ 20 g), and various amounts thereof were screened in the parallel fixed bed reactor at 300° C. with ethane:nitrogen:oxygen flow of 0.42:0.08:0.022 sccm, as follows. Catalyst compositions, sample mass, and resulting ethane conversion and ethylene selectivity are summarized in Table 12B.
  • Ni 0.86 Ta 0.14 O x Aqueous solution of nickel nitrate (1.0M, 150.0 ml), and tantalum oxalate aqueous solution (0.69M in water with 0.19M oxalic acid, 35.0 ml) were mixed in a 1 L beaker. While the solution was vigorously stirred by a mechanical stir, ammonium carbonate aqueous solution (1.62M, 150.0 ml) was added in a controlled manner so that the foam was formed slowly to give precipitation. The mixture was transferred to containers, which was centrifuged at 3000 rpm for 15 minutes. The solution was decanted and solid materials were further dried at 60° C. under reduced pressure for 5 hours.
  • the resulting solid materials were calcined under an atmosphere of air at 2° C./min to 320° C. and dwelled at 320° C. for 8 hours, and then cooled to 25° C. Dark gray solid NiTa oxide (15.0 g) was obtained and 45.6 mg thereof was tested in the parallel fixed bed reactor for ethane oxidative dehydrogenation under the aforementioned reaction conditions.
  • Ni 0.65 Ta 0.31 Ce 0.04 O x Aqueous solution of nickel nitrate (1.0M, 120.0 ml), tantalum oxalate aqueous solution (0.69M in water with 0.19M oxalic acid, 83.0 ml), and cerium nitrate aqueous solution (0.50M, 15.0 ml) were mixed in a 1 L beaker. While the solution was vigorously stirred by a mechanical stir, ammonium carbonate aqueous solution (1.62M, 174.0 ml) was added in a controlled manner so that the foam was formed slowly to give precipitation. The mixture was transferred to containers, which was centrifuged at 3000 rpm for 15 minutes.
  • the solution was decanted and solid materials were further dried at 60° C. under reduced pressure for 5 hours.
  • the resulting solid materials were calcined under an atmosphere of air at 2° C./min to 320° C. and dwelled at 320° C. for 8 hours, and then cooled to 25° C.
  • Dark gray solid NiTaCe oxide (21.9 g) was obtained and 51.3 mg thereof was tested in the parallel fixed bed reactor for ethane oxidative dehydrogenation under the aforementioned reaction conditions.
  • Ni 0.73 Ta 0.24 Dy 0.03 O x Aqueous solution of nickel nitrate (1.0M, 150.0 ml), tantalum oxalate aqueous solution (0.51M in water with 0.67M oxalic acid, 97.0 ml), and dysprosium acetate aqueous solution (0.294M, 21.0 ml) were mixed in a 1 L beaker. While the solution was vigorously stirred by a mechanical stir, ammonium carbonate aqueous solution (1.62M, 269.0 ml) was added in a controlled manner so that the foam was formed slowly to give precipitation. The mixture was transferred to containers, which was centrifuged at 3000 rpm for 15 minutes.
  • the solution was decanted and solid materials were further dried at 60° C. under reduced pressure for 5 hours.
  • the resulting solid materials were calcined under an atmosphere of air at 2° C./min to 320° C. and dwelled at 320° C. for 8 hours, and then cooled to 25° C.
  • Dark gray solid NiTaDy oxide (21.9 g) was obtained and 50.0 mg thereof was tested in the parallel fixed bed reactor for ethane oxidative dehydrogenation under the aforementioned reaction conditions.
  • Ni 0.74 Nb 0.08 Ta 0.17 Ce 0.01 O x Aqueous solution of nickel nitrate (1.0M, 150.0 ml), tantalum oxalate aqueous solution (0.51M in water with 0.67M oxalic acid, 68.0 ml), niobium oxalate aqueous solution (0.62M in water with 0.21M oxalic acid, 26.0 ml), and cerium nitrate aqueous solution (0.50M, 4.0 ml) were mixed in a 1 L beaker.
  • Ni 0.68 Nb 0.25 Dy 0.07 O x Aqueous solution of nickel nitrate (1.0M, 150.0 ml), niobium oxalate aqueous solution (0.62M in water with 0.21M oxalic acid, 89.0 ml), and dysprosium acetate aqueous solution (0.294M, 53.0 ml) were mixed in a 1 L beaker. While the solution was vigorously stirred by a mechanical stir, ammonium carbonate aqueous solution (1.62M, 206.0 ml) was added in a controlled manner so that the foam was formed slowly to give precipitation.
  • the mixture was transferred to containers, which was centrifuged at 3000 rpm for 15 minutes.
  • the solution was decanted and solid materials were further dried at 60° C. under reduced pressure for 5 hours.
  • the resulting solid materials were calcined under an atmosphere of air at 2° C./min to 320° C. and dwelled at 320° C. for 8 hours, and then cooled to 25° C.
  • Dark gray solid NiNbDy oxide (19.4 g) was obtained and 47.0 mg thereof tested in the parallel fixed bed reactor for ethane oxidative dehydrogenation under the aforementioned reaction conditions.
  • Ni 0.82 Nb 0.18 O x Aqueous solution of nickel nitrate (1.0M, 150.0 ml), and niobium oxalate aqueous solution (0.62M in water with 0.21M oxalic acid, 53.0 ml) were mixed in a 1 L beaker. While the solution was vigorously stirred by a mechanical stir, ammonium carbonate aqueous solution (1.62M, 164.0 ml) was added in a controlled manner so that the foam was formed slowly to give precipitation. The mixture was transferred to containers, which was centrifuged at 3000 rpm for 15 minutes. The solution was decanted and solid materials were further dried at 60° C. under reduced pressure for 5 hours.
  • the resulting solid materials were calcined under an atmosphere of air at 2° C./min to 320° C. and dwelled at 320° C. for 8 hours, and then cooled to 25° C. Dark gray solid NiNb oxide (14.1 g) was obtained and 47.3 mg thereof was tested in the parallel fixed bed reactor for ethane oxidative dehydrogenation under the aforementioned reaction conditions.
  • Ni 0.63 Nb 0.34 Sm 0.03 O x /TiO2:TiO 2 support in pellet form was dried at 100° C. for over 8 hrs. After cooling to 25° C., TiO 2 support was impregnated with the mixed metal nitrate or oxalate solution. Catalyst loading was about 6% by weight, relative to total weight of the catalyst. After centrifugation, the solid materials obtained were dried at 60° C. under vacuum, and then calcined to 300° C. at 2° C./min and dwelled at 300° C. for 8 hrs. The NiNbSm oxide was obtained and ⁇ 143 mg thereof was tested in the parallel fixed bed reactor for ethane oxidative dehydrogenation under the aforementioned reaction conditions.
  • NiNbTa oxide catalysts of a single composition were prepared in large, bulk quantities ( ⁇ 20 g) and in various physical forms, and various amounts thereof were screened in the parallel fixed bed reactor at 300° C. with ethane:nitrogen:oxygen flow of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm, as follows.
  • the catalyst composition, physical form, sample mass and resulting ethane conversion and ethylene selectivity are summarized in Table 12C.
  • Ni 0.63 Nb 0.19 Ta 0.18 O x Aqueous solution of nickel nitrate (1.0M, 150.0 ml), niobium oxalate aqueous solution (0.62M in water with 0.21M oxalic acid, 73.0 ml), and tantalum oxalate aqueous solution (0.51M in water with 0.67M oxalic acid, 84.0 ml), were mixed in a 1 L beaker. While the solution was vigorously stirred by a mechanical stir, tetramethylammonium hydroxide aqueous solution (1.28M, 390.0 ml) was added quickly to give precipitation.
  • NiNbTa oxide bulk catalyst prepared as above was pressed and broken into small pieces (but not ground) to fit into the reaction vessels of the parallel fixed bed reactor, and 73.9 mg thereof was tested, in pressed and broken form, in the parallel fixed bed reactor for ethane oxidative dehydrogenation under the aforementioned reaction conditions.
  • another portion of the NiNbTa oxide bulk catalyst prepared as described above was pressed and ground, and 68.0 mg thereof was tested, in pressed and ground form, in the parallel fixed bed reactor for ethane oxidative dehydrogenation under the aforementioned reaction conditions.
  • Catalyst compositions comprising various NiNbSmX oxides, where X is Cs, Mg, Ca, Sb, Bi, V, Ti or Ta were prepared in bulk ( ⁇ 20 g) quantities by precipitation substantially as described in connection with Example 1.
  • Table 13A summarizes the composition and amounts of the various catalyst compositions.
  • Ethane conversion values for the NiNbSmMg oxide compositions ranged from 17.5% (with ethylene selectivity of 83.1%) to 19.4% (with ethylene selectivity of 84.8%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 83.1% (with ethane conversion of 17.5%) to 84.9% (with ethane conversion of 18.7%).
  • Ethane conversion (C) and ethylene selectivity (S) values for the NiNbSmCa oxide compositions ranged from 18.2% C, 83.3% S to 20.0% C, 84.5% S.
  • Ethane conversion (C) and ethylene selectivity (S) values for the NiNbSmSb oxide compositions ranged from 16.3% C, 80.3% S to 19.0% C, 86.4% S.
  • Ethane conversion (C) and ethylene selectivity (S) values for the NiNbSmBi oxide compositions ranged from 17.1% C, 79.4% S to 19.5% C, 84.6% S.
  • Ethane conversion values for the NiNbSmV oxide compositions ranged from 13.8% (with ethylene selectivity of 80.3%) to 17.7% (with ethylene selectivity of 84.3%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 79.9% (with ethane conversion of 14.0%) to 84.3% (with ethane conversion of 17.7%).
  • Ethane conversion (C) and ethylene selectivity (S) values for the NiNbSmTi oxide compositions ranged from 17.6% C, 82.8% S to 19.1% C, 84.9% S.
  • Ethane conversion values for the NiNbSmTa oxide compositions ranged from 17.3% (with ethylene selectivity of 83.6%) to 20.2% (with ethylene selectivity of 84.3%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 83.4% (with ethane conversion of 17.8%) to 84.9% (with ethane conversion of 18.2%).
  • ethane conversion (C) and ethylene selectivity (S) values for the NiNbSmCs oxide compositions ranged from 17.0 % C, 83.0% S to 19.8% C, 88.7% S.
  • Ethane conversion values for the NiNbSmMg oxide compositions ranged from 16.0% (with ethylene selectivity of 88.3%) to 18.9% (with ethylene selectivity of 88.2%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 86.4% (with ethane conversion of 18.1%) to 88.3% (with ethane conversion of 18.8%).
  • Ethane conversion values for the NiNbSmCa oxide compositions ranged from 18.2% (with ethylene selectivity of 86.3%) to 19.8% (with ethylene selectivity of 87.6%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 86.3% (with ethane conversion of 18.2%) to 87.8% (with ethane conversion of 18.7%).
  • Ethane conversion values for the NiNbSmSb oxide compositions ranged from 17.0% (with ethylene selectivity of 84.2%) to 19.5% (with ethylene selectivity of 89.3%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 84.2% (with ethane conversion of 17.0%) to 89.5% (with ethane conversion of 19.4%).
  • Ethane conversion values for the NiNbSmBi oxide compositions ranged from 17.1% (with ethylene selectivity of 82.4%) to 19.8% (with ethylene selectivity of 87.7%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 82.4% (with ethane conversion of 17.1%) to 88.7% (with ethane conversion of 18.5%).
  • Ethane conversion values for the NiNbSmV oxide compositions ranged from 14.0% (with ethylene selectivity of 76.7%) to 18.7% (with ethylene selectivity of 86.8%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 76.7% (with ethane conversion of 14.0%) to 88.2% (with ethane conversion of 17.8%).
  • Ethane conversion values for the NiNbSmTi oxide compositions ranged from 17.7% (with ethylene selectivity of 87.3%) to 19.4% (with ethylene selectivity of 88.0%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 86.3% (with ethane conversion of 18.6%) to 88.2% (with ethane conversion of 19.1%).
  • Ethane conversion values for the NiNbSmTa oxide compositions ranged from 18.1% (with ethylene selectivity of 86.8%) to 19.0% (with ethylene selectivity of 87.7%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 86.1% (with ethane conversion of 18.5%) to 87.8% (with ethane conversion of 18.1%).
  • Table 14A summarizes the composition and amounts of the various catalyst compositions.
  • NiNbCu oxide compositions In an initial screening (calcination at 300° C., 8 hours, screening in fixed bed parallel reactor at 300° C. with flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm, as described), ethane conversion (C) and ethylene selectivity (S) values for the NiNbCu oxide compositions ranged from 7.2% C, 47.9% S to 16.9% C, 79.7% S.
  • ethane conversion values for the NiNbCu oxide compositions ranged from 7.4% (with ethylene selectivity of 48.2%) to 16.9% (with ethylene selectivity of 83.2%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 48.2% (with ethane conversion of 7.4%) to 83.6% (with ethane conversion of 16.2%).
  • NiNbCu oxide compositions In a third screening in the fixed bed parallel reactor at 300° C. with different flowrates (ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.082:0.022 sccm), ethane conversion (C) and ethylene selectivity (S) values for the NiNbCu oxide compositions ranged from 4.1% C, 54.6% S to 10.2% C, 91.4% S.
  • Table 15A summarizes the composition and amounts of the various catalyst compositions.
  • ethane conversion values for the NiNbCo oxide compositions ranged from 7.6% (with ethylene selectivity of 80.7%) to 20.6% (with ethylene selectivity of 85.9%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 73.1% (with ethane conversion of 14.2%) to 85.9% (with ethane conversion of 20.6%).
  • ethane conversion values for the NiNbCo oxide compositions ranged from 8.8% (with ethylene selectivity of 81.9%) to 19.9% (with ethylene selectivity of 88.0%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 77.6% (with ethane conversion of 14.6%) to 88.0% (with ethane conversion of 19.9%).
  • ethane conversion values for the NiNbCo oxide compositions ranged from 7.7% (with ethylene selectivity of 89.4%) to 11.8% (with ethylene selectivity of 93.2%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 83.0% (with ethane conversion of 8.7%) to 92.9% (with ethane conversion of 11.7%).
  • Table 16A summarizes the composition and amounts of the various catalyst compositions.
  • ethane conversion values for the NiNbCr oxide compositions ranged from 11.7% (with ethylene selectivity of 71.9%) to 18.1% (with ethylene selectivity of 82.7%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 71.5% (with ethane conversion of 13.1%) to 83.8% (with ethane conversion of 17.7%).
  • ethane conversion values for the NiNbCr oxide compositions ranged from 14.1% (with ethylene selectivity of 80.5%) to 18.6% (with ethylene selectivity of 86.7%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 7.8% (with ethane conversion of 15.1%) to 87.0% (with ethane conversion of 18.3%).
  • ethane conversion values for the NiNbCr oxide compositions ranged from 8.6% (with ethylene selectivity of 85.0%) to 11.2% (with ethylene selectivity of 90.0%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 85.0% (with ethane conversion of 8.6%) to 91.5% (with ethane conversion of 10.9%).
  • the compositions and amounts of the various catalyst compositions are shown in Table 17A (NiNbGd) and Table 17B (NiTaGd).
  • NiNbGd oxide catalysts were screened in the fixed bed parallel reactor for oxidative ethane dehydrogenation at 300° C. with flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm.
  • Ethane conversion values for the NiNbGd oxide compositions ranged from 4.9% (with ethylene selectivity of 48.2%) to 20.3% (with ethylene selectivity of 83.2%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 45.6% (with ethane conversion of 7.2%) to 83.9% (with ethane conversion of 17.6%).
  • NiTaGd oxide catalysts were likewise screened in the fixed bed parallel for oxidative ethane dehydrogenation reactor (300° C.; flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm).
  • Ethane conversion values for the NiTaGd oxide compositions ranged from 8.0% (with ethylene selectivity of 53.4%) to 19.0% (with ethylene selectivity of 84.7%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 51.7% (with ethane conversion of 8.3%) to 84.9% (with ethane conversion of 16.2%).
  • the compositions and amounts of the various catalyst compositions are shown in Table 18A (NiNbBi) and Table 18B (NiTaBi).
  • NiNbBi oxide catalysts were initially screened in the fixed bed parallel reactor for oxidative ethane dehydrogenation at 300° C. with flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm.
  • Ethane conversion values for the NiNbBi oxide compositions ranged from 13.1% (with ethylene selectivity of 72.9%) to 19.8% (with ethylene selectivity of 84.2%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 72.9% (with ethane conversion of 13.1%) to 84.9% (with ethane conversion of 17.5%).
  • NiNbBi catalysts were subsequently recalcined to 400° C. (5° C./min to 400° C.; dwell at 400° C. for 8 hours), and then screened in the parallel fixed bed reactor for ethane dehydrogenation under the same reaction conditions as the initial screen (300° C.; ethane:nitrogen:oxygen flow of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm).
  • Ethane conversion values for the NiNbBi oxide compositions ranged from 9.9% (with ethylene selectivity of 85.6%) to 14.1% (with ethylene selectivity of 85.2%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 74.6% (with ethane conversion of 12.7%) to 86.3% (with ethane conversion of 13.3%).
  • NiNbBi catalysts were screened again in the parallel fixed bed reactor at different flowrates screen (300° C.; ethane:nitrogen:oxygen flow of 0.42:0.081:0.022 sccm).
  • Ethane conversion values for the NiNbBi oxide compositions ranged from 9.5% (with ethylene selectivity of 93.0%) to 10.9% (with ethylene selectivity of 93.4%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 89.8% (with ethane conversion of 10.2%) to 93.8% (with ethane conversion of 10.6%).
  • NiTaBi oxide catalysts were likewise initially screened in the fixed bed parallel reactor for oxidative ethane dehydrogenation reactor (300° C.; flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm).
  • Ethane conversion values for the NiTaBi oxide compositions ranged from 13.6% (with ethylene selectivity of 82.5%) to 19.1% (with ethylene selectivity of 84.8%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 78.9% (with ethane conversion of 13.7%) to 84.8% (with ethane conversion of 19.1%).
  • NiTaBi catalysts were subsequently recalcined to 400° C. (5° C./min to 400° C.; dwell at 400° C. for 8 hours), and then screened in the parallel fixed bed reactor for ethane dehydrogenation under the same reaction conditions as the initial screen (300° C.; ethane:nitrogen:oxygen flow of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm).
  • Ethane conversion values for the NiTaBi oxide compositions ranged from 9.4% (with ethylene selectivity of 77.1%) to 13.5% (with ethylene selectivity of 84.3%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 74.6% (with ethane conversion of 10.4%) to 86.9% (with ethane conversion of 11.1%).
  • NiTaBi catalysts were screened again in the parallel fixed bed reactor at different flowrates screen (300° C.; ethane:nitrogen:oxygen flow of 0.42:0.081:0.022 sccm).
  • Ethane conversion (C) and ethylene selectivity (S) values for the NiTaBi oxide compositions ranged from 8.6% C, 87.8% S to 11.0% C, 93.6% S.
  • the compositions and amounts of the various catalyst compositions are shown in Table 19A (NiNbSb) and Table 19B (NiTaSb).
  • NiNbSb oxide catalysts were initially screened in the fixed bed parallel reactor for oxidative ethane dehydrogenation at 300° C. with flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm.
  • Ethane conversion (C) and ethylene selectivity (S) values for the NiNbSb oxide compositions ranged from 14.8% C, 67.6% S to 20.9% C, 84.4% S.
  • NiNbSb catalysts were screened again in the parallel fixed bed reactor at different flowrates screen (300° C.; ethane:nitrogen:oxygen flow of 1.04:1.34:0.22 sccm). Ethane conversion values for the NiNbSb oxide compositions ranged from 11.8% (with ethylene selectivity of 81.1%) to 18.4% (with ethylene selectivity of 84.0%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 77.0% (with ethane conversion of 12.6%) to 84.6% (with ethane conversion of 12.7%).
  • NiTaSb oxide catalysts were likewise initially screened in the fixed bed parallel reactor for oxidative ethane dehydrogenation reactor (300° C.; flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm).
  • Ethane conversion values for the NiTaSb oxide compositions ranged from 14.5% (with ethylene selectivity of 72.2%) to 18.7% (with ethylene selectivity of 82.1%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 72.2% (with ethane conversion of 14.5%) to 83.5% (with ethane conversion of 18.4%).
  • NiTaSb catalysts were screened again in the parallel fixed bed reactor at different flowrates screen (300° C.; ethane:nitrogen:oxygen flow of 1.04:1.34:0.22 sccm). Ethane conversion values for the NiTaSb oxide compositions ranged from 10.0% (with ethylene selectivity of 69.5%) to 14.2% (with ethylene selectivity of 80.2%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 69.5% (with ethane conversion of 10.0%) to 83.1% (with ethane conversion of 13.4%).
  • the compositions and amounts of the various catalyst compositions are shown in Table 20A (NiNbSn) and Table 20B (NiTaSn).
  • NiNbSn oxide catalysts were initially screened in the fixed bed parallel reactor for oxidative ethane dehydrogenation at 300° C. with flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm.
  • Ethane conversion values for the NiNbSn oxide compositions ranged from 15.1% (with ethylene selectivity of 82.0%) to 19.4% (with ethylene selectivity of 84.8%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 82.0% (with ethane conversion of 15.1%) to 85.8% (with ethane conversion of 19.2%).
  • NiNbSn catalysts were screened again in the parallel fixed bed reactor at different flowrates screen (300° C.; ethane:nitrogen:oxygen flow of 1.04:1.34:0.22 sccm).
  • Ethane conversion values for the NiNbSn oxide compositions ranged from 8.8% (with ethylene selectivity of 80.4%) to 13.3% (with ethylene selectivity of 84.4%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 80.4% (with ethane conversion of 8.8%) to 85.9% (with ethane conversion of 12.8%).
  • NiNbSn catalysts were screened in the parallel fixed bed reactor at different flowrates screen (300° C.; ethane:nitrogen:oxygen flow of 1.04:0.21:0.055 sccm). Ethane conversion values for the NiNbSn oxide compositions ranged from 8.4% (with ethylene selectivity of 91.8%) to 10.0% (with ethylene selectivity of 93.5%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 89.1% (with ethane conversion of 9.8%) to 93.5% (with ethane conversion of 10.0%).
  • NiNbSn catalysts were screened in the parallel fixed bed reactor at different flowrates screen (300° C.; ethane:nitrogen:oxygen flow of 0.42:0.082:0.022 sccm). Ethane conversion (C) and ethylene selectivity (S) values for the NiNbSn oxide compositions ranged from 8.7% C, 89.8% S to 11.5% C, 93.8% S.
  • NiTaSn oxide catalysts were likewise initially screened in the fixed bed parallel for oxidative ethane dehydrogenation reactor (300° C.; flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm).
  • Ethane conversion values for the NiTaSn oxide compositions ranged from 16.6% (with ethylene selectivity of 84.6%) to 20.3% (with ethylene selectivity of 85.6%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 84.1% (with ethane conversion of 18.3%) to 85.7% (with ethane conversion of 19.7%).
  • NiTaSn catalysts were screened again in the parallel fixed bed reactor at different flowrates screen (300° C.; ethane:nitrogen:oxygen flow of 1.04:1.34:0.22 sccm).
  • Ethane conversion values for the NiTaSn oxide compositions ranged from 9.0% (with ethylene selectivity of 89.7%) to 11.0% (with ethylene selectivity of 94.1%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 88.7% (with ethane conversion of 10.1%) to 94.2% (with ethane conversion of 10.0%).
  • the NiTaSn catalysts were screened in the parallel fixed bed reactor at a different temperature and at different flowrates screen (275° C.; ethane:nitrogen:oxygen flow of 1.04:0.21:0.055 sccm).
  • Ethane conversion values for the NiTaSn oxide compositions ranged from 6.9% (with ethylene selectivity of 91.8%) to 8.8% (with ethylene selectivity of 93.6%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 91.3% (with ethane conversion of 7.7%) to 94.1% (with ethane conversion of 7.7%).
  • the compositions and amounts of the various NiTaCe catalyst compositions are shown in Table 21A.
  • NiTaCe oxide catalysts were screened in the fixed bed parallel reactor for oxidative ethane dehydrogenation at 300° C. with flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm.
  • Ethane conversion values for the NiTaCe oxide compositions ranged from 0.1% (with ethylene selectivity of 59.4%) to 18.1% (with ethylene selectivity of 84.7%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 31.9% (with ethane conversion of 2.8%) to 85.4% (with ethane conversion of 16.8%).
  • the resulting solid materials were calcined by heating to 120° C. at 1C./min and dwelling at 120° C. for 2 hours, subsequently, heating to 180° C. at 1° C./min and dwelling at 180° C. for 2 hours, subsequently heating to 400° C. at 2° C./min and dwelling at 400° C. for 8 hours.
  • the resulting solid material was calcined by heating to 300° C. at 2° C./min and dwelling at 300° C. for 8 hours in air.
  • compositions and amounts of the various NiNbCe catalyst compositions are shown in Table 21B (prepared by freeze drying), Table 21C (prepared by precipitation with tetraethylammonium hydroxide) and Table 2 1D (prepared by precipitation with ammonium carbonate).
  • NiNbCe catalysts of Table 21B prepared by freeze drying—were screened in the fixed bed parallel reactor for oxidative ethane dehydrogenation at 300° C. with flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm.
  • Ethane conversion values for the NiNbCe oxide compositions ranged from 6.6% (with ethylene selectivity of 61.8%) to 11.7% (with ethylene selectivity of 71.6%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 61.3% (with ethane conversion of 8.5%) to 74.3% (with ethane conversion of 10.5%).
  • NiNbCe catalysts of Table 21C prepared by precipitation with tetraethylammonium hydroxide—were likewise screened in the fixed bed parallel reactor for oxidative ethane dehydrogenation at 300° C. with flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm.
  • Ethane conversion values for the NiNbCe oxide compositions ranged from 7.5% (with ethylene selectivity of 78.8%) to 18.8% (with ethylene selectivity of 85.7%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 58.9% (with ethane conversion of 10.1%) to 85.7% (with ethane conversion of 18.8%).
  • These catalysts were also screened in the parallel fixed bed reactor at different flowrates (300° C.; ethane:nitrogen:oxygen flow of 0.10:0.85:0.088 sccm) (data not shown).
  • NiNbCe catalysts of Table 21D prepared by precipitation with ammonium carbonate—were likewise screened in the fixed bed parallel reactor for oxidative ethane dehydrogenation at 300° C. with flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm.
  • Ethane conversion values for the NiNbCe oxide compositions ranged from 16.7% (with ethylene selectivity of 78.1%) to 19.1% (with ethylene selectivity of 81.5%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 78.1% (with ethane conversion of 16.7%) to 83.5% (with ethane conversion of 18.5%).
  • the compositions and amounts of the various NiTaCe catalyst compositions are shown in Table 21E.
  • NiNbTaCe oxide catalysts were initially screened in the fixed bed parallel reactor for oxidative ethane dehydrogenation at 300° C. with flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm.
  • Ethane conversion values for the NiNbTaCe oxide compositions ranged from 16.8% (with ethylene selectivity of 83.4%) to 20.8% (with ethylene selectivity of 84.0%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 81.6% (with ethane conversion of 17.9%) to 84.0% (with ethane conversion of 20.8%).
  • NiNbTaCe oxide catalysts were screened again in the fixed bed parallel reactor for oxidative ethane dehydrogenation at twice the flowrates as compared to the initial screen (300° C.; ethane:nitrogen:oxygen flow of 0.84:1.08:0.176 sccm).
  • Ethane conversion values for the NiNbTaCe oxide compositions ranged from 11.6% (with ethylene selectivity of 83.2%) to 16.6% (with ethylene selectivity of 84.2%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 80.0% (with ethane conversion of 12.7%) to 84.3% (with ethane conversion of 15.5%).
  • the compositions and amounts of the various catalyst compositions are shown in Table 22A (NiTaYb) and Table 22B (NiNbYb).
  • NiTaYb oxide catalysts were screened in the fixed bed parallel reactor for oxidative ethane dehydrogenation at 300° C. with flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm.
  • Ethane conversion values for the NiTaYb oxide compositions ranged from 13.5% (with ethylene selectivity of 75.1%) to 20.0% (with ethylene selectivity of 83.9%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 75.1% (with ethane conversion of 13.5%) to 84.7% (with ethane conversion of 19.1%).
  • NiNbYb oxide catalysts were likewise screened in the fixed bed parallel reactor for oxidative ethane dehydrogenation at 300° C. with flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm.
  • Ethane conversion values for the NiNbYb oxide compositions ranged from 10.5% (with ethylene selectivity of 68.8%) to 19.4% (with ethylene selectivity of 83.0%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 68.8% (with ethane conversion of 10.5%) to 84.0% (with ethane conversion of 18.3%).
  • the compositions and amounts of the various NiTaEr and NiNbEr oxide catalyst compositions are shown in Table 23A.
  • NiTaEr and NiNbEr oxide catalysts ( ⁇ 50 mg) were screened in the fixed bed parallel reactor for oxidative ethane dehydrogenation at 300° C. with flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm.
  • Ethane conversion values for the NiTaEr oxide compositions ranged from 12.9% (with ethylene selectivity of 69.7%) to 19.4% (with ethylene selectivity of 83.5%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 69.7% (with ethane conversion of 12.9%) to 84.1% (with ethane conversion of 17.9%).
  • Ethane conversion values for the NiNbEr oxide compositions ranged from 12.5% (with ethylene selectivity of 65.0%) to 20.9% (with ethylene selectivity of 83.9%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 65.0% (with ethane conversion of 12.5%) to 85.0% (with ethane conversion of 18.2%).
  • NiTaEr and NiNbEr oxide catalysts were screened again in the fixed bed parallel reactor for oxidative ethane dehydrogenation at a different temperature (250° C.; ethane:nitrogen:oxygen flow of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm).
  • Ethane conversion values for the NiTaEr oxide compositions ranged from 3.6% (with ethylene selectivity of 55.1%) to 7.8% (with ethylene selectivity of 65.0%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 55.1% (with ethane conversion of 3.6%) to 76.6% (with ethane conversion of 7.1%).
  • Ethane conversion values for the NiNbEr oxide compositions ranged from 3.5% (with ethylene selectivity of 44.3%) to 7.4% (with ethylene selectivity of 74.4%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 44.3% (with ethane conversion of 3.5%) to 83.6% (with ethane conversion of 6.6%).
  • the compositions and amounts of the various NiTaDy and NiNbDy oxide catalyst compositions are shown in Table 24A.
  • NiTaDy and NiNbDy oxide catalysts ( ⁇ 50 mg) were screened in the fixed bed parallel reactor for oxidative ethane dehydrogenation at 300° C. with flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm.
  • Ethane conversion values for the NiTaDy oxide compositions ranged from 14.1% (with ethylene selectivity of 71.2%) to 19.9% (with ethylene selectivity of 84.4%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 71.2% (with ethane conversion of 14.1%) to 84.7% (with ethane conversion of 17.3%).
  • Ethane conversion values for the NiNbDy oxide compositions ranged from 10.9% (with ethylene selectivity of 63.1%) to 18.9% (with ethylene selectivity of 82.7%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 63.1% (with ethane conversion of 10.9%) to 84.7% (with ethane conversion of 18.4%).
  • NiTaDy and NiNbDy oxide catalysts were screened again in the fixed bed parallel reactor for oxidative ethane dehydrogenation at a different temperature (250° C.; ethane:nitrogen:oxygen flow of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm). (data not shown). These catalysts were also further calcined at 400°, and then screened again, in separate experiments, at 250° C. and at 300° C., in each case with ethane:nitrogen:oxygen flow of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm. (data not shown).
  • NiNbSr and NiNbCs oxide catalysts were screened in the fixed bed parallel reactor for oxidative ethane dehydrogenation at 300° C. with flowrates of ethane:oxygen of 0.42:0.058 sccm.
  • Ethane conversion values for the NiNbSr oxide compositions ranged from 17.4% (with ethylene selectivity of 84.4%) to 22.0% (with ethylene selectivity of 87.5%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 82.3% (with ethane conversion of 18.1%) to 89.6% (with ethane conversion of 21.2%).
  • Ethane conversion (C) and ethylene selectivity (S) values for the NiNbCs oxide compositions ranged from 5.2% C, 15.2% S to 21.7%C, 87.5% S.
  • NiNbSr and NiNbCs oxide catalysts were screened again in the fixed bed parallel reactor for oxidative ethane dehydrogenation at a different temperature and different flowrates (275° C.; ethane:oxygen flow of 0.42:0.033 sccm).
  • Ethane conversion values for the NiNbSr oxide compositions ranged from 10.6% (with ethylene selectivity of 84.5%) to 15.5% (with ethylene selectivity of 91.4%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 83.7% (with ethane conversion of 11.2%) to 91.4% (with ethane conversion of 15.5%).
  • Ethane conversion (C) and ethylene selectivity (S) values for the NiNbCs oxide compositions ranged from 3.3% C, 14.4% S to 14.4% C, 90.1% S.
  • Ni(Nb, Ta, Ti, Zr)(Ce, Dy, Er, Nd, Sm, Yb, Pr, Gd, Sb, Bi) oxide catalysts were prepared according to one of the following methods, designated as Method A through Method F.
  • Method A through Method F The various catalyst compositions and their method of preparation are shown in Table 26A.
  • Method A Catalysts were prepared by precipitation with tetramethylammonium hydroxide to the mixed metal nitrate or oxalate solution. After centrifugation, the solid materials obtained were dried at 60° C. under vacuum, and then calcined to 300° C. at 2° C./min and dwelled at 300° C. for 8 hrs.
  • Method B Catalysts were prepared by precipitation with tetramethylammonium hydroxide to the mixed metal nitrate or oxalate solution. After centrifugation, the solid materials obtained were dried at 60° C. under vacuum, and then calcined to 300° C. at 2° C./min and dwelled at 300° C. for 8 hrs. After cooling down to 25° C., those catalysts were calcined again to 400° C. at 2° C./min and dwell at 400° C. for 8 hrs.
  • Method C Catalysts were prepared by precipitation with ammonium carbonate to the mixed metal nitrate or oxalate solution. After centrifugation, the solid materials obtained were dried at 60° C. under vacuum, and then calcined to 300° C. at 2° C./min and dwelled at 300° C. for 8 hrs.
  • Method D Catalysts were prepared by precipitation with ammonium carbonate to the mixed metal nitrate or oxalate solution. After centrifugation, the solid materials obtained were dried at 60° C. under vacuum, and then calcined to 300° C. at 2° C./min and dwelled at 300° C. for 8 hrs. After cooling down to 25° C., those catalysts were calcined again to 400° C. at 2° C./min and dwell at 400° C. for 8 hrs.
  • Method E TiO 2 support in pellet form was dried at 100° C. for over 8 hrs. After cooling to 25° C., TiO 2 support was impregnated with the mixed metal nitrate or oxalate solution. After centrifugation, the solid materials obtained were dried at 60° C. under vacuum, and then calcined to 300° C. at 2° C./min and dwelled at 300° C. for 8 hrs.
  • Method F Catalysts were prepared by precipitation with tetramethylammonium hydroxide to the mixed metal nitrate or oxalate solution. After centrifugation, the solid materials obtained are dried at 60° C. under vacuum, and then calcined to 400° C. at 2° C./min and dwelled at 400° C. for 8 hrs.
  • the forty-two catalysts of Table 26A ( ⁇ 50 mg), together with six blanks, were screened simultanteously in the 48-channel parallel fixed bed reactor for oxidative ethane dehydrogenation at 300° C. with ethane:nitrogen:oxygen flow of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm.
  • Table 26B summarizes the amount of catalyst screened, as well as the ethane conversion (C) and ethylene selectivity (S) for each of the catalysts, measured after various times during the test.
  • Ni(Nb, Ta, Ti)(Sm, Sn, Co, Cs, Sb, Ag)(Mg, Ca, Li) oxide catalysts were prepared by precipitation using the metal salt precursors substantially as described in earlier examples herein.
  • the various catalyst compositions, post-precipitation treatment (if any) and calcination conditions are indicated in Table 26C.
  • the forty-eight catalysts of Table 26C ( ⁇ 50 mg) were screened simultanteously in the 48-channel parallel fixed bed reactor for oxidative ethane dehydrogenation at 275° C. with ethane:oxygen flow of 0.42:0.033 sccm.
  • Table 26D summarizes the amount of catalyst screened, as well as the ethane conversion (C) and ethylene selectivity (S) for each of the catalysts, measured after various times during the test. These data show that, after 48 hours on stream, the 48 catalysts lost, on average, less than about 13% in conversion and less than about 2% in selectivity. Several of the catalysts had no substantial loss of activity or selectivity over the 400 hour test.
  • FIG. 2A and 2B show ethane conversion and ethylene selectivity data versus time on stream during the 400 hour lifetime test for Ni 0.75 Ta 0.28 Sn 0.03 O x (FIG. 2A) and Ni 0.71 Nb 0.27 Co 0.02 O x (FIG. 2 B).
  • Catalyst compositions comprising various Ni(Nb, Ta, Ti, Zr)(Ce, Dy, Er, Nd, Sm, Yb, Pr, Gd, Sb, Bi) oxides were prepared as described in connection with Example 26 (see Table 26A), and screened in the parallel fixed bed reactor for oxidative dehydrogenation with an ethane and ethylene cofeed. Specifically, these catalysts were screened at 300° C. with an ethane (49.5%) and ethylene (50.5%) mixed feed at a ratio of ethane/ethylene mixed feed:nitrogen:oxygen was 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm.
  • Table 27A shows the catalyst compositions, the sample mass thereof screened, the amount of ethane loss/ethylene gain resulting from the reaction, and the calculated ethylene selectivity of the reaction.
  • NiNbTa oxide catalyst Ni 0.63 Nb 0.19 Ta 0.18 O x , prepared from nickel nitrate, niobium oxalate and tantalum oxalate by precipitation with tetramethylammonium hydroxide and with a maximum calcination temperature of 320° C. was screened in a three-stage fixed bed reactor having multiple oxygen feeds, substantially as shown and described in connection with FIG. 1 B.
  • NiNbTa oxide catalyst was also screened, in each of the nine experimental cases, under similar reaction conditions in a single-stage, single-feed fixed bed reactor, substantially as shown and described in connection with FIG. 1 A.
  • Table 28A shows the reaction temperature, amount of catalyst, initial feed rates (sccm of nitrogen:oxygen:ethane), additional feed rates (sccm of nitrogen:ethane), and performance data (conversion, selectivity) for each of the nine different experimental cases shows—for the multi-stage reactor and the single-stage reactor configurations.
  • These data demonstrate that overall ethane conversion can be substantially improved (e.g., C of not less than about 30% C, and ranging from about 30% to about 45%) while maintaining relatively high ethylene selectivities (e.g., S of not less than about 70% S, and ranging from about 70% to about 85%).

Abstract

Catalysts and methods for alkane oxydehydrogenation are disclosed. The catalysts of the invention generally comprise (i) nickel or a nickel-containing compound and (ii) at least one or more of titanium (Ti), tantalum (Ta), niobium (Nb), hafnium (Hf), tungsten (W), yttrium (Y), zinc (Zn), zirconium (Zr), or aluminum (Al), or a compound containing one or more of such element(s). In preferred embodiments, the catalyst is a supported catalyst, the alkane is selected from the group consisting of ethane, propane, isobutane, n-butane and ethyl chloride, molecular oxygen is co-fed with the alkane to a reaction zone maintained at a temperature ranging from about 250° C. to about 350° C., and the ethane is oxidatively dehydrogenated to form the corresponding alkene with an alkane conversion of at least about 10% and an alkene selectivity of at least about 70%.

Description

This application is a divisional application of Ser. No. 09/570,458, filed on Feb. 22, 2000, U.S. Pat. No. 6,412,422 B1, issued on Jul. 9, 2002.
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
The present invention generally relates to catalysts and methods for alkane or alkene dehydrogenation and specifically, to Ni-containing catalysts and methods for oxidative dehydrogenation of alkanes or alkenes. The invention particularly relates, in preferred embodiments, to Ni oxide/mixed-metal oxide catalysts and methods for oxidative dehydrogenation of alkanes or alkenes, and especially of C2 to C4 alkanes, and particularly, for oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane to ethylene.
Ethylene can be produced by thermal cracking of hydrocarbons, by non-oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane, or by oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane (ODHE). The latter process is attractive for many reasons. For example, compared to thermal cracking, high ethane conversion can be achieved at relatively low temperatures (about 400° C. or below). Unlike thermal cracking, catalytic ODHE is exothermic, requiring no additional heat to sustain the reaction. In contrast to catalytic non-oxidative dehydrogenation, catalyst deactivation by coke formation is relatively minimal in ODHE because of the presence of oxidant (e.g., molecular oxygen) in the reactor feed. Other alkanes can be similarly oxidatively dehydrogenated to the corresponding alkene.
Thorsteinson and coworkers have disclosed useful low-temperature ODHE catalysts comprising mixed oxides of molybdenum, vanadium, and a third transition metal. E. M. Thorsteinson et al., “The Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethane over Catalyst Containing Mixed Oxide of Molybdenum and Vanadium,” 52 J. Catalysis 116-32 (1978). More recent studies examined families of alumina-supported vanadium-containing oxide catalysts, MV and MVSb, where M is Ni, Co, Bi, and Sn. R. Juarez Lopez et al., “Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethane on Supported Vanadium-Containing Oxides,” 124 Applied Catalysis A: General 281-96 (1995). Baharadwaj et al. disclose oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane and other alkanes using a catalysts of Pt, Rh, Ni or Pt/Au supported on alumina or zirconia. See PCT Patent Application WO 96/33149. U.S. Pat. No. 5,439,859 to Durante et al. discloses the use of reduced, sulfided nickel crystallites on siliceous supports for dehydrogenation and successive oxidation of alkanes. Schuurman and coworkers describe unsupported iron, cobalt and nickel oxide catalysts that are active in ODHE. Y. Schuurman et al., “Low Temperature Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethane over Catalysts Based on Group VIII Metals,” 163 Applied Catalysis A: General 227-35 (1997). Other investigators have also considered the use of nickel or nickel oxide as catalysts or catalyst components for oxidative dehydrogenation. See, for example, Ducarme et al., “Low Temperature Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethane over Ni-based Catalysts”, 23 Catalysis Letters 97-101 (1994); U.S. Pat. No. 3,670,044 to Drehman et al.; U.S. Pat. No. 4,613,715 to Haskell; U.S. Pat. No. 5,723,707 to Heyse et al.; U.S. Pat. No. 5,376,613 to Dellinger et al.; U.S. Pat. No. 4,070,413 to Imai et al.; U.S. Pat. No. 4,250,346 to Young et al.; and U.S. Pat. No. 5,162,578 to McCain et al.
Although nickel-containing catalysts are known in the art for alkane dehydrogenation reactions, none of the known nickel-containing catalysts have been particularly attractive for commercial applications—primarily due to relatively low conversion and/or selectivity. Hence, a need exists for new, industrially suitable catalysts and methods having improved performance characteristics (e.g., conversion and selectivity) for the oxidative dehydrogenation of alkanes.
SUMMARY OF INVENTION
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide for new, industrially suitable catalysts for oxidative dehydrogenation of alkanes to the corresponding alkenes.
Briefly, therefore, the invention is directed to methods for preparing an alkene, and preferably a C2 to C4 alkene, such as ethylene, from the corresponding alkane, such as ethane. In general, the method comprises providing the alkane (or substituted alkane), and preferably the C2 to C4 alkane (or substituted C2 to C4 alkane) and an oxidant to a reaction zone containing a catalyst, and dehydrogenating the alkane to form the corresponding alkene. The oxidant is preferably a gaseous oxidant such as molecular oxygen, and is preferably provided, for example, as oxygen gas, air, diluted air or enriched air. The alkane is preferably oxidatively dehydrogenated. The reaction temperature is preferably controlled, during the dehydrogenation reaction, to be less than about 325° C., and preferably less than about 300° C.
The catalyst comprises, in one embodiment, (i) a major component consisting essentially of Ni, a Ni oxide, a Ni salt, or mixtures thereof, and (ii) one or more minor components consisting essentially of an element or compound selected from the group consisting of Ti, Ta, Nb, Co, Hf, W, Y, Zn, Zr, Al, oxides thereof and salts thereof, or mixtures of such elements or compounds. The catalyst preferably comprises Ni oxide and one or more of Ti oxide, Nb oxide, Ta oxide, Co oxide or Zr oxide.
In another embodiment, the catalyst comprises a compound having the formula I:
NixAaBbCcOd  (I),
where A is an element selected from the group consisting of Ti, Ta, Nb, Hf, W, Y, Zn, Zr, Al, and mixtures of two or more thereof, B is an element selected from the group consisting of a lanthanide element, a group IIIA element, a group VA element, a group VIA element, a group IIIB element, a group IVB element, a group VB element, a group VIB element, and mixtures of two or more thereof, C is an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal or mixtures thereof, x is a number ranging from about 0.1 to about 0.96, a is a number ranging from about 0.04 to about 0.8, b is a number ranging from 0 to about 0.5, c is a number ranging from 0 to about 0.5, and d is a number that satisfies valence requirements.
In a further embodiment, the catalyst comprises a compound having the formula (II)
NixTijTakNblLa*SbrSnsBitCauKvMgwOd  (II),
where La* is one or more lanthanide series elements selected from the group consisting of Lam, Cen, Pro, Ndp, Smq, x is a number ranging from about 0.1 to about 0.96, j, k and l are each numbers ranging from 0 to about 0.8 and the sum of (j+k+l) is at least about 0.04, m, n, o, p, q, r, s and t are each numbers ranging from 0 to about 0.1, and the sum of (m+n+o+p+q+r+s+t) is at least about 0.005, u, v and w are each numbers ranging from 0 to about 0.1, and d is a number that satisfies valence requirements.
In still another embodiment, the catalyst comprises (i) a Ni oxide, and (ii) an oxide of an element selected from the group consisting of Ti, Ta, Nb, Co, Hf, W, Y, Zn, Zr, and Al, and the alkane is dehydrogenated to form the corresponding alkene with an alkane conversion of at least about 10% and an alkene selectivity of at least about 70%. Ethane conversion is preferably at least about 15% and more preferably at least about 20%. Ethylene selectivity is, in combination with any of the preferred conversion values, preferably at least about 80%, and more preferably at least about 90%.
In one embodiment, the catalyst is a calcination product of a catalyst precursor composition comprising (i) Ni, a Ni oxide, a Ni salt or mixtures thereof, and (ii) an element or compound selected from the group consisting of Ti, Ta, Nb, Co, Hf, W, Y, Zn, Zr, Al, oxides thereof and salts thereof, or mixtures of such elements or compounds.
In yet another embodiment, the alkane is co-fed to a reaction zone with the corresponding alkene, such that the alkane is dehydrogenated to form the alkene in a reaction zone comprising the corresponding alkene in a molar concentration of at least about 5%, relative to total moles of hydrocarbon. The alkane conversion in such embodiment is preferably at least about 5%, and the alkene selectivity is preferably at least about 50%. In a preferred approach, the alkane dehydrogenation is effected in a multi-stage reactor, such that the alkane (or substituted C2 to C4 alkane) and gaseous oxidant are fed to a first reaction zone containing the catalyst, the alkane is dehydrogenated therein to form the corresponding alkene, the product stream comprising the corresponding alkene and unreacted alkane are exhausted from the first reaction zone and then fed to a second reaction zone, together with additional, supplemental gaseous oxidant, and the alkane is dehydrogenated to form the corresponding alkene in the second reaction zone.
The invention also directed to nickel-containing mixed-metal oxide compositions and catalysts, as characterized above, and to methods for preparing the same.
Such catalysts and methods have advantageous performance characteristics for oxidative dehydrogenation of alkanes to their corresponding alkene, and particularly for dehydrogenation of unsubstituted or substituted C2 to C4 alkanes to the corresponding alkene(s). The conversion, selectivity, space velocity, catalyst stability and reaction temperature for oxydehydrogenation of ethane to ethylene are particularly attractive.
Other features, objects and advantages of the present invention will be in part apparent to those skilled in art and in part pointed out hereinafter. All references cited in the instant specification are incorporated by reference for all purposes. Moreover, as the patent and non-patent literature relating to the subject matter disclosed and/or claimed herein is substantial, many relevant references are available to a skilled artisan that will provide further instruction with respect to such subject matter.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B are schematic representations of exemplary reaction system configurations, specifically involving product stream recycle (FIG. 1A) and multi-stage reaction zones (FIG. 1B).
FIG. 2A and FIG. 2B are graphs showing ethane conversion (open circles) and ethylene selectivity (closed circles) data versus time on stream during the 400 hour lifetime test in the parallel fixed bed reactor at 275° C. for Ni0.75Ta0.28Sn0.03Ox (FIG. 2A) and Ni0.71Nb0.27Co0.02Ox (FIG. 2B).
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
According to the present invention, an alkane or alkene is oxidatively dehydrogenated over a nickel catalyst to form one or more corresponding alkene(s) or dialkene, respectively, and water. The oxidative dehydrogenation reaction can be represented (for alkane reactants) as:
CnH2n+2+½O2→CnH2n+H2O
The catalysts of the invention generally comprise (i) nickel or a nickel-containing compound and (ii) at least one or more of titanium (Ti), tantalum (Ta), niobium (Nb), cobalt (Co), hafnium (Hf), tungsten (W), yttrium (Y), zinc (Zn), zirconium (Zr), or aluminum (Al), or a compound containing one or more of such element(s).
In one embodiment of the invention, the nickel catalyst comprises (i) Ni, a Ni oxide, a Ni salt, or mixtures thereof as a major component, and (ii) an element or compound selected from the group consisting of Ti, Ta, Nb, Co, Hf, W, Y, Zn, Zr, Al, oxides thereof and salts thereof, or mixtures of such elements or compounds as one or more minor components. As used herein, the “major component” is the component of the catalytically active compound or composition having the highest concentration on an atomic basis. “Minor components” are components of the catalytically active compound or composition that do not have the highest concentration on an atomic basis. In general, one of the aforementioned metal components may be present as in elemental form, as an oxide, and/or as a salt depending on the nature and extent of calcination.
The major component of the catalyst preferably consists essentially of a Ni oxide. The major component of the catalyst can, however, also include various amounts of elemental Ni and/or Ni-containing compounds, such as Ni salts. The Ni oxide is an oxide of nickel where nickel is in an oxidation state other than the fully-reduced, elemental Ni0 state, including oxides of nickel where nickel has an oxidation state of Ni+2, Ni+3, or a partially reduced oxidation state. The Ni salts can include any stable salt of nickel, including, for example, nitrates, carbonates and acetates, among others. The amount of nickel oxide (NiO) present in the major component is at least about 10%, preferably at least about 20%, more preferably at least about 35%, more preferably yet at least about 50% and most preferable at least about 60%, in each case by moles relative to total moles of the major component. Without being bound by theory not specifically recited in the claims, the Ni and/or Ni oxide acts as a redox-active metal center for the oxydehydrogenation reaction.
The one or more minor component(s) of the catalyst preferably consist essentially of an element or compound selected from the group consisting of Ti, Ta, Nb, Co, Hf, W, Y, Zn, Zr, Al, oxides thereof and salts thereof, or mixtures of such elements or compounds. The minor component(s) more preferably consist essentially of one or more of the following groupings of elements, oxides thereof, salts thereof, or mixtures of the same: (i) Ti, Ta, Nb, Hf, W, Y, Zn, Zr, Al, (ii) Ti, Ta, Nb, Hf, W and Y; (iii) Ti, Ta, Nb, Hf and W; (iv) Ti, Ta, Nb, Co and Zr (v) Ti, Ta, Nb and Co, (vi) Ti, Ta, Nb and Zr, and (vii) Ti, Ta and Nb. The minor component can likewise consist essentially of each of the aforementioned minor-component elements (Ti, Ta, Nb, Co Hf, W, Y, Zn, Zr or Al) individually, oxides thereof, salts thereof, or mixtures of the same. With respect to each of the aforementioned groupings of elements or individual elements, the minor component(s) preferably consist essentially of oxides of one or more of the minor-component elements, but can, however, also include various amounts of such elements and/or other compounds (e.g., salts) containing such elements. An oxide of such minor-component elements is an oxide thereof where the respective element is in an oxidation state other than the fully-reduced state, and includes oxides having an oxidation states corresponding to known stable valence numbers, as well as to oxides in partially reduced oxidation states. Salts of such minor-component elements can be any stable salt thereof, including, for example, nitrates, carbonates and acetates, among others. The amount of the oxide form of the particular recited elements present in one or more of the minor component(s) is at least about 5%, preferably at least about 10%, preferably still at least about 20%, more preferably at least about 35%, more preferably yet at least about 50% and most preferable at least about 60%, in each case by moles relative to total moles of the particular minor component. Without being bound by theory not specifically recited in the claims, the one or more first minor components provide a matrix environment for the Ni/Ni oxide active metal center and help maintain the active metal center well dispersed. Although the first minor components can themselves be redox inactive under reaction conditions, particularly to oxygen and hydrocarbons, they are nonetheless considered to be a component of the catalytically active compound or composition. As noted below, the first minor component can also have a support or carrier functionality.
In another, preferred embodiment, the nickel catalyst can comprise (i) a major component consisting essentially of Ni oxide; and (ii) a minor component consisting essentially of one or more of the following oxides, considered individually or collectively in the various permutations: Ti oxide, Ta oxide, and/or Nb oxide, optionally together with one or more of Hf oxide, W oxide, and/or Y oxide, optionally together with one or more of Zn oxide, Zr oxide and/or Al oxide.
In addition to the aforementioned minor component(s) of the catalyst (generally referred to hereinafter as “first minor components”), the catalyst can additionally comprise one or more second minor components. The second minor component(s) can consist essentially of an element or compound selected from the group consisting of a lanthanide element, a group IIIA element, a group VA element, a group VIA element, a group IIIB element, a group IVB element, a group VB element, a group VIB element, oxides thereof and salts thereof, or mixtures of such elements or compounds. The second minor component preferably consists essentially of an element or compound selected from the group consisting of La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Sb, Sn, Bi, Pb, Tl, In, Te, Cr, V, Mn, Mo, Fe, Co, Cu, Ru, Rh, Pd, Pt, Ag, Cd, Os, Re, Ir, Au, Hg, oxides thereof and salts thereof, or mixtures of such elements or compounds. More preferably, the second minor component consists essentially of an element or compound selected from the group consisting of La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Sb, Sn, Bi, Co, Ag, Cr, oxides thereof and salts thereof, or mixtures of such elements or compounds. If Co is considered within the group of first minor components, it can be excluded from the aforementioned groups of second minor components. The second minor component is preferably an oxide of one of the aforementioned second-minor-component elements. The oxides and salts can be as described above in connection with the first-minor components. Without being bound by theory not specifically recited in the claims, the second minor component can be redox active components with respect to enhancing the redox potential of the Ni/Ni oxide active metal centers.
The catalyst can also include, as yet a further (third) minor component(s), one or more of an element or compound selected from the group consisting of the alkali metals, the alkaline earth metals, oxides thereof, and salts thereof, or mixtures of such elements or compounds. Preferably, the third minor component consists essentially of an element or compound selected from the group consisting of Ca, K, Mg, Sr, Ba, Li and Na, most preferably Ca, K and Mg, and in either case, oxides thereof and salts thereof, or mixtures of such elements or compounds. The third minor component is preferably an oxide of one of the aforementioned third-minor-component elements. The oxides and salts can be as described above in connection with the first-minor components. Without being bound by theory not specifically recited in the claims, the third minor components are preferably basic metal oxides, and as such, can be employed to optimize the acidity or basicity, in particular with respect to selectivity.
The catalyst can include other components as well, and can be part of a composition that includes other components or agents (e.g., diluents, binders and/or fillers, as discussed below) as desired in connection with the reaction system of interest.
In a further embodiment, the nickel catalyst of the invention can be a material comprising a mixed-metal oxide compound having the formula (I):
NixAaBbCcOd  (I),
where, A, B, C, x, a, b, c and d are described below, and can be grouped in any of the various combinations and permutations of preferences, some of which are specifically set forth herein.
In formula I, “x” represents a number ranging from about 0.1 to about 0.96. The number x preferably ranges from about 0.3 to about 0.85, more preferably from about 0.5 to about 0.9, and even more preferably from about 0.6 to about 0.8.
In formula I, “A” represents an element selected from the group consisting of Ti, Ta, Nb, Hf, W, Y, Zn, Zr and Al, or mixtures of two or more thereof. A is preferably Ti, Ta, Nb, Hf, W or Y, even more preferably Ti, Ta, Nb, Hf or W, and still more preferably Ti, Ta or Nb, or, in each case, mixtures thereof. The letter “a” represents a number ranging from about 0.04 to about 0.9, preferably from about 0.04 to about 0.8, more preferably from about 0.04 to about 0.5, even more preferably from about 0.1 to about 0.5, still more preferably from about 0.15 to about 0.5 and most preferably from about 0.3 to about 0.4.
In formula I, “B” represents an element selected from the group consisting of a lanthanide element, a group IIIA element, element, a group VA element, a group VIA element, a group VIIA element, a group VIIIA element, a group IB element, a group IIB element, a group IIIB element, a group IVB element, a group VB element, a group VIB element, and mixtures of two or more thereof. As used herein, periodic table subgroup designations are those recommended by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), such as shown on the Periodic Table of the Elements, Learning Laboratories, Inc. (1996). B is preferably an element selected from the group consisting of La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Sb, Sn, Bi, Pb, Tl, In, Te, Cr, V, Mn, Mo, Fe, Co, Cu, Ru, Rh, Pd, Pt, Ag, Cd, Os, Re, Ir, Au, and Hg. B is more preferably an element selected from the group consisting of La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Sb, Sn, Bi, Co, Cr and Ag. The letter “b” represents a number ranging from 0 to about 0.5, more preferably from 0 to about 0.4, even more preferably from 0 to about 0.2, still more preferably from 0 to about 0.1, and most preferably from 0 to about 0.05.
In formula I, C is an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal or mixtures thereof. C is preferably an element selected from the group consisting of Ca, K, Mg, Li, Na, Sr, Ba, Cs and Rb, and is more preferably an element selected from the group consisting of Ca, K and Mg. The letter “c” represents a number ranging from 0 to about 0.5, more preferably from 0 to about 0.4, even more preferably from 0 to about 0.1, and most preferably from 0 to about 0.05.
In formula I, “O” represents oxygen, and “d” represents a number that satisfies valence requirements. In general, “d” is based on the oxidation states and the relative atomic fractions of the various metal atoms of the compound of formula I (e.g., calculated as one-half of the sum of the products of oxidation state and atomic fraction for each of the metal oxide components).
In one preferred mixed-metal oxide embodiment, where, with reference to formula I, “b” and “c” are each zero, the catalyst material can comprise a compound having the formula I-A:
NixAaOd  (I-A),
where Ni is nickel, O is oxygen, and where “x”, “A”, “a” and “d” are as defined above.
In another preferred mixed-metal oxide embodiment, with reference to formula I, the sum of (a+b+c) is preferably less than or not more than about 0.9, is preferably not more than about 0.7, and is even more preferably not more than about 0.5, and moreover, this sum preferably ranges from about 0.04 to about 0.6, more preferably from about 0.1 to about 0.5 and most preferably from about 0.1 to about 0.4.
In still another preferred mixed-metal oxide embodiment, with reference to formula I, the sum of (a+b+c) is preferably less than or not more than about 0.5, is preferably not more than about 0.4, and is even more preferably not more than about 0.3, and moreover, this sum preferably ranges from about 0.04 to about 0.5, more preferably from about 0.1 to about 0.4 and most preferably from about 0.1 to about 0.3.
In an additional preferred mixed-metal oxide embodiment, with reference to formula I: A is Ti, Ta, Nb or Zr, or preferably, Ti, Ta or Nb; B is La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Sb, Sn, Bi, Cr, Co or Ag, or preferably, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Sb, Sn or Bi; and C is Ca, K or Mg. In this embodiment, x ranges from about 0.1 to about 0.96, and preferably from about 0.5 to about 0.96, a ranges from about 0.3 to about 0.5, c ranges from about 0.01 to about 0.09, and preferably from about 0.01 to about 0.05, and d is a number that satisfies valence requirements.
In a further preferred mixed-metal oxide embodiment, with reference to formula I, A is Ti and Ta in combination, Ti and Nb in combination, or Ta and Nb in combination, B is La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Sb, Sn, Bi, Co, Cr and Ag, and C is Ca, K or Mg. In this embodiment, x ranges from about 0.1 to about 0.96, and preferably from about 0.5 to about 0.96, a ranges from about 0.3 to about 0.5, c ranges from about 0.01 to about 0.09, and preferably from about 0.01 to about 0.05, and d is a number that satisfies valence requirements.
In a particularly preferred mixed-metal oxide embodiment, with reference to formula I, A is Ti, B is Sb, Sn, Bi, Co, Ag or Ce and C is Sr, Ca, Mg or Li. In this embodiment, x ranges from about 0.5 to about 0.9, a ranges from about 0.15 to about 0.4, c ranges from 0 to about 0.05, and d is a number that satisfies valence requirements.
In another particularly preferred mixed-metal oxide embodiment, with reference to formula I, A is Ta, B is Sb, Sn, Bi, Co, Ag or Ce and C is Sr, Ca, Mg or Li. In this embodiment, x ranges from about 0.5 to about 0.9, a ranges from about 0.15 to about 0.4, c ranges from 0 to about 0.05, and d is a number that satisfies valence requirements.
In a further particularly preferred mixed-metal oxide embodiment, with reference to formula I, A is Nb, B is Sb, Sn, Bi, Co, Ag or Ce and C is Sr, Ca, Mg or Li. In this embodiment, x ranges from about 0.5 to about 0.9, a ranges from about 0.15 to about 0.4, c ranges from 0 to about 0.05, and d is a number that satisfies valence requirements.
In still a further preferred embodiment, the nickel catalyst of the invention can be a material comprising a mixed-metal oxide compound having the formula II:
NixTijTakNblLa*SbrSnsBitCauKvMgwOd  (II),
where “x” and “d” are as described above, and La*, j, k, l, r, s, t, u, v and w are described below, together with preferred relationships between respective elements. The various recited elements of formula II can be grouped in any of the various combinations and permutations of preferences, some of which are specifically set forth herein.
In formula II, each of “j”, “k” and “l” represent a number ranging from 0 to about 0.8, preferably from 0 to about 0.5, and more preferably from 0 to about 0.4. The sum of (j+k+l) is at least about 0.04, preferably at least about 0.15, and more preferably at least about 0.3.
In formula II, La* refers to one or more lanthanide series elements selected from the group consisting of Lam, Cen, Pro, Ndp, Smq, and preferably. Each of “m”, “n”, “o”, “p”, “q”, “r”, “s” and “t” refer to numbers ranging from 0 to about 0.2, preferably from zero to about 0.1, and more preferably from zero to about 0.05. The sum of (m+n+o+p+q+r+s+t) is preferably at least about 0.005, more preferably at least about 0.01, and can, in some embodiments, be at least about 0.05.
In formula II, each of “u”, “v” and “w” refer to numbers ranging from 0 to about 0.4, preferably from 0 to about 0.1 and more preferably from 0 to about 0.05.
The nickel catalyst of the invention is preferably a supported catalyst. The catalyst can therefore further comprise, in addition to one or more of the aforementioned compounds or compositions, a solid support or carrier. The support is preferably a porous support, with a pore size typically ranging, without limitation, from about 2 mm to about 100 nm and with a surface area typically ranging, without limitation, from about 5 m2/g to about 300 m2/g. The particular support or carrier material is not narrowly critical, and can include, for example, a material selected from the group consisting of silica, alumina, zeolite, activated carbon, titania, zirconia, magnesia, zeolites and clays, among others, or mixtures thereof. Preferred support materials include titania, zirconia, alumina or silica. In some cases, where the support material itself is the same as one of the preferred components (e.g., Al2l O 3 for Al as a minor component), the support material itself may effectively form a part of the catalytically active material. In other cases, the support can be entirely inert to the dehydrogenation reaction of interest. Titania is a particularly preferred support, and can be obtained, for example, from commercial vendors such as Norton, Degussa or Engelhardt.
General approaches for preparing the nickel catalysts of the present invention—as supported or unsupported catalysts—are well known in the art. Exemplary approaches include, for example, sol-gel, freeze drying, spray drying, precipitation, impregnation, incipient wetness, spray impregnation, ion exchange, wet mix/evaporation, dry mix/compacting, high coating, fluid bed coating, bead coating, spin coating, physical vapor deposition (sputtering, electron beam evaporation, laser ablation) and chemical vapor deposition, among others. The particular technical or non-technical technique employed is not narrowly critical. Preferred approaches, include, for example, impregnation techniques, precipitation techniques, sol-gel, evaporation, incipient wetness and spray drying, among others. The catalyst may take any suitable forms (e.g., granular, tablets, etc.), as discussed in greater detail below.
According to one exemplary approach for preparing a supported mixed-metal oxide catalyst of the invention, a composition comprising each of the desired elements of the active oxide components of the catalyst (i.e., the major component and one or more minor components) can be formed, and then optionally calcined to form the corresponding mixed-metal oxide. The pre-calcination composition can be formed, in the first instance for example, in a liquid state as a solution, dispersion, slurry or sol, by combining the major component, the first minor component(s), and optionally, the second and/or third minor component(s). The pre-calcination composition can then be formed as a solid having the same relative ratios of the various components, for example, by being impregnated into, situated on, or formed in-situ with the support or carrier (e.g., via precipitation or sol-gel approaches). For example, a pre-calcination composition formed as a solution or dispersion can be impregnated into or onto the support, and then dried. Alternatively, pre-calcination solution or dispersion can be precipitated, recovered and then dried. A pre-calcination sol can be cured (gelled) to form the corresponding solid composition. In any case, pre-calcination compositions can be otherwise treated (e.g., heated) as desired (e.g., to drive off solvents).
Preferred pre-calcination compositions of the invention can comprise, or alternatively consist essentially of, a compound represented by Formula I-B:
NixAaBbCc  (I-B),
or salts thereof, where “x”, “A”, “B”, “C”, “a”, “b” and “c” are each as defined above in connection with the preferred mixed-oxide catalyst. A particularly preferred pre-calcination composition can comprise, or alternatively consist essentially of, a compound represented by Formula II-B:
NixTijTakNblLa*SbrSnsBitCauKvMgw  (II-B),
or salts thereof, where “x”, “j”, “k”, “La*”, “r”, “s”, “t”, “u”, “v” and “w” are each as defined above in connection with the preferred mixed-oxide catalyst. The preferred pre-calcination compositions can be in a liquid state (e.g., solution, dispersion, slurry or sol) or a solid state.
According to one method for forming the preferred pre-calcination composition, salts of the various elements are combined to form a solution or liquid dispersion thereof, (“precursor solutions”). The metal salt precursor solutions are preferably aqueous solutions, and can typically include metal cations with counterions selected from nitrates, acetates, oxalates, and halides, among others. The metal salt precursor solutions can also be organic solutions or sol-gels comprising such metal cations and counterions, as well as other counterions (e.g., alkoxides). When halides are used as a counterion, the resulting catalyst is preferably subsequently rinsed extensively (e.g., with water) to remove halide. Particularly preferred salts for Ni, Ti, Nb, Ta and Zr include, for example, nickel nitrate, titanium oxalate, niobium oxalate, tantalum oxalate, and zirconium oxalate. The mixed-metal salt solutions can then be impregnated into a support, preferably a titania support. The volume of mixed-metal salt solutions used for impregnating the catalyst will depend on the pore volume of the support, and can typically range from about 0.1 to about 2, preferably from about 0.1 to about 1 times the pore volume thereof. The pH is preferably maintained at about 2 to about 6. The catalyst-impregnated support can then be dried, preferably at reduced pressure (i.e., under vacuum), at a temperature ranging from about 20° C. to about 100° C. for a period of time ranging from about 5 minutes to about 2 hours to form a semi-solid or solid pre-calcination composition.
According to an alternative approach, various aqueous solutions comprised of water-soluble metal precursors can be combined in proper volumetric ratios to obtain combined solutions (or mixtures) having desired metal compositions. Water can be separated from the metal-salt components of the combined solutions (or mixtures) by lyophilization, precipitation and/or evaporation. Lyophilization refers to freezing the resulting mixture (e.g., under liquid nitrogen), and then placing the mixture in a high vacuum so that the water (ice) sublimes, leaving behind mixtures of dry metal precursors. Precipitation refers to separating dissolved metal ions by adding one or more chemical reagents that will precipitate sparingly soluble salts of the metal ions. Such chemical reagents may provide ions that shift ionic equilibrium to favor formation of insoluble metal salts (common ion effect), or may bind with metal ions to form uncharged, insoluble coordination compounds (complexation). In addition, such reagents may oxidize or reduce metal ions to form ionic species that produce insoluble salts. Other precipitation mechanisms include hydrolysis, in which metal ions react with water in the presence of a weak base to form insoluble metal salts, or the addition of agents (e.g., alcohols) that affect the polarity of the solvent. Regardless of the particular mechanism, the precipitate can be separated from the remaining solution by first centrifuging the solutions and then decanting the supernatant; residual water can be removed by evaporation of water from the precipitates to form a semi-solid or solid pre-calcination composition. Evaporation refers to removing water by heating and/or under vacuum to form a semi-sold or solid pre-calcination composition.
The solid pre-calcination composition can be calcined according to methods known in the art. Calcination conditions can affect the activity of the catalyst, and can be optimized by a person of skill in the art, particularly in connection with a particular catalyst composition and/or dehydrogenation reaction conditions. Calcination is, without limitation, preferably effected at temperatures ranging from about 250° C. to about 600° C., and more preferably from about 275° C. to about 400° C. The calcination is preferably effected for period of time, and at a temperature sufficient to provide the desired metal oxide catalyst composition. Typically, calcination is effected for a total, cumulative period of time of at least about 0.1 hour, and typically at least about 1 hour, with actual calcination times depending on temperature according to approaches known in the art. The calcination environment is preferably an oxidizing environment (e.g., comprising air or other source of molecular oxygen), but can also be an inert environment. In the case of inert calcination, oxidation of the metal components of the catalyst can be effected in situ during the reaction, by oxidizing under reaction conditions. Hence, calcination can be effected prior to loading the catalyst into a reaction zone, or alternatively, can be effected in situ in the reaction zone prior to the reaction. Finally, regardless of the particular approach used to form the catalyst, the solid pre-calcination composition or the calcination product (catalyst) can be ground, pelletized, pressed and/or sieved to ensure a consistent bulk density among samples and/or to ensure a consistent pressure drop across a catalyst bed in a reactor. Further processing can also occur, as discussed below.
The active catalyst of the invention can be included in a catalyst composition comprising other, inactive components. The catalyst may, for example, be diluted (e.g., have its concentration reduced) with binders and/or inert fillers, which are known to those of skill in the art, including for example quartz chips, sand or cement. Diluents may be added to the catalyst in the range of from about 0 to about 30% by volume, preferably in the range of from about 10 to about 25% by volume. Preferred diluents can improve the heat removal or heat transfer of the catalyst to help avoid hot spots or to modify hot spots. Binders generally provide mechanical strength to the catalyst and may be added in the range of from about 0-30% by volume, preferably in the range of from about 5 to about 25% by volume. Useful binders include silica sol, silica, alumina, diamataceous earth, hydrated zirconia, silica aluminas, alumina phosphates, naturally occurring materials and cement and combinations thereof. See, e.g., the discussion of supports, shapes, binders and fillers in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,376,613, 5,780,700 and 4,250,346, each of which is incorporated herein by reference for all purposes. The percentages or amounts of binders, fillers or organics referred to herein relate to the starting ingredients prior to calcination. Thus, the above is not intended to imply statements on the actual bonding ratios, to which the invention is not restricted; for example during calcination other phases may form.
The catalyst or catalyst composition is provided to a reaction zone of a reactor. The reactor is preferably a fixed-bed flow reactor, but other suitable reactor designs—including batch reactors and flow reactors (e.g., fluidized bed reactors)—can also be employed. The catalyst is preferably provided in the reaction zone (e.g., in a fixed-bed) as a supported catalyst, but may also be provided as an unsupported catalyst (e.g., bulk, pelletized catalyst). The catalyst may take any form, including powder, split, granular, pellets or a shaped catalyst, such as tablets, rings, cylinders, stars, ripped bodies, extrudates, etc., each of which are known to those of skill in the art. For example, the shaping of the mixture of starting composition may be carried out by compaction (for example tableting or extrusion) with or without a prior kneading step, if necessary with addition of conventional auxiliaries (e.g., graphite or stearic acid or its salts as lubricants). In the case of unsupported catalysts, the compaction gives the desired catalyst geometry directly. Hollow cylinders may have an external diameter and length of from 2 to 10 mm and a wall thickness of from 1 to 3 mm. Generally, the mixture of starting composition metal may be shaped either before or after the calcination. This can be carried out, for example, by comminuting or grinding the mixture before or after calcination and applying it to inert supports to produce coated catalysts.
As discussed in greater detail below, co-catalysts can also be provided to the reaction zone, together with the catalyst of the present invention (in separate phases or as an integrated catalyst composition).
An alkane or other reactant to be dehydrogenated is provided to the reaction zone of the reactor containing the catalyst. Typically and preferably, the dehydrogenation substrate reactant is provided to the reaction zone as a gas or in a gaseous state. Liquid reactants can be vaporized by methods and devices known in the art and entrained in a moving stream of gaseous fluid.
The alkane can be substituted or unsubstituted. The alkane is preferably an alkane having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms (a “C2 to C6 alkane”) or a substituted C2 to C6 alkane, and preferably an alkane having from 2 to 4 carbon atoms (a “C2 to C4 alkane”) or a substituted C2 to C4 alkane. Preferred C2 to C6 alkane reactants include ethane, propane, isopropanol, n-butane, isobutane, and isopentane, with ethane being particularly preferred. The oxidative dehydrogenation reaction for conversion of ethane to ethylene is representative:
C2H6+½O2→C2H4+H2O
The corresponding alkenes for other preferred C2 to C4 alkanes include propylene (from propane), acetone (from isopropanol), 1-butene and/or 2-butene (from n-butane), isobutene (from isobutane), isoamylenes (from isopentane), and isoprene. Preferred substituted C2 to C4 alkanes include halide-substituted C2 to C4. For example, ethyl chloride can be oxidatively dehydrogenated using the catalysts and methods described herein to form the vinyl chloride.
Although the present invention is described and exemplified primarily in connection with dehydrogenation of the aforementioned alkanes, dehydrogenation of other alkanes using the catalysts and methods disclosed herein is also contemplated, and is within the scope of the invention. For example, cyclohexane can be oxidatively dehydrogenated over the nickel catalysts of the invention to form benzene. Moreover, the nickel catalysts of the invention can also be used for dehydrogenating other hydrocarbon substrates, such as alkenes, to one or more dehydrogenation product(s). The dehydrogenation of butene to form a butadiene, and the dehydrogenation of isoamylenes to form isoprene are exemplary.
An oxidant is also provided to the reaction zone of the reactor containing the catalyst. The oxidant is preferably a gaseous oxidant, but can also include a liquid oxidant or a solid-state oxidant. The gaseous oxidant is preferably molecular oxygen, and can be provided as oxygen gas or as an oxygen-containing gas. The oxygen containing gas can be air, or oxygen or air that has been diluted with one or more inert gases such as nitrogen. Other gaseous oxidants, such as N2O or NOx can also be used in the oxidative dehydrogenation reaction. In cases in which the alkane is oxidatively dehydrogenated in the substantial absence of a gaseous oxidant during the reaction (e.g., using a solid oxidant), the oxidant may be periodically regenerated—either by periodically withdrawing the catalyst from the reaction zone or by regenerating the catalyst in situ in the reaction zone (during-or in-between reaction runs).
The sequence of providing the catalyst, reactant and oxidant to the reaction zone is not critical. Typically, the catalyst is provided in advance (or as noted above, even formed in situ in the reaction vessel from a pre-calcination composition), and the alkane gas and oxidant gas are provided subsequently—either together as a mixed gas through a common feed line, or alternatively, separately, but simultaneously, through different feed lines. In general, the simultaneous supply of alkane and gaseous oxidant to the reaction zone is referred to as “co-feed” regardless of the particular feed configuration employed.
The amount of catalyst loaded to the reaction zone of the reactor, together with the relative amounts of alkane (or other reactant) and oxidant provided to the reaction zone, can vary, and are preferably controlled—together with reaction conditions, as discussed below—to effect the dehydrogenation reaction with favorable and industrially attractive performance characteristics. In general, the catalyst loading to the reaction zone will vary depending on the type of reactor, the size of the reaction zone, the form of the catalyst, required contact times, and/or the desired amount or flow-rates of reactants and/or products. The absolute amount of alkane or other reactant and oxidant can likewise vary, depending primarily on the aforementioned factors, and can be optimized by persons of skill in the art to achieve the best performance. In general, lower oxidant concentration tends to limit the extent of over-oxidation, and therefore, favor higher alkene selectivity. Such lower oxidant concentrations, however, can also adversely affect the alkane conversion. For conversion of ethane to ethylene using molecular oxygen, for example, the molar ratio of ethane to molecular oxygen, C2H6:O2, in the reaction zone (or being fed to the reaction zone) can range from about 1:1 to about 40:1, preferably from about 2:1 to about 40:1, more preferably from about 66:34 to about 20:1, and most preferably from about 5:1 to about 20:1. In some particularly preferred embodiments—such as where multi-stage reactors are employed, as discussed below—the C2H6:O2 ratio can preferably range from about 5:1 to about 40:1, and preferably from about 5:1 to about 15:1, or alternatively, from about 10:1 to about 20:1. For the conversion of gaseous alkanes such as ethane with molecular oxygen, for example, the relative amounts of reactant and oxidant can alternatively be expressed in terms of volume percentages in reactor feed (for mixed-feed co-feed configuration) or in the reaction zone (regardless of co-feed configuration), with molecular oxygen preferably ranging from about 0.01% to about 34% by volume and the alkane preferably ranging from about 66% to about 99% by volume. The amount of molecular oxygen more preferably ranges from about 0.01% to about 20% by volume, and the amount of alkane more preferably ranges from about 80% to about 99% by volume. Flammability limits should be observed for safety reasons.
Other materials may also be provided to the reaction zone. For example, the reactor feed can also include diluents such as nitrogen, argon or carbon dioxide. For some reactions, and/or for some embodiments, discussed in greater detail below, the reactor feed may comprise water vapor, or amounts of various reaction products (e.g., alkenes such as ethylene, propylene or butenes).
The alkane and the gaseous oxidant contact the catalyst in a reaction zone of a reactor under controlled reaction conditions, and the alkane is dehydrogenated to form the corresponding alkene(s). Without being bound by theory, the alkane contacts the catalyst in the presence of the oxidant and is dehydrogenated; the hydrogen atoms combine with an oxygen from the oxidant to form the corresponding alkene(s) and water as reaction products. Contact between the reactant substrate, gaseous oxidant and catalyst can occur, for example, as a mixture of the feed gasses passes through or around the interstices of the fixed-bed catalyst and/or over an exposed surface of the catalyst. The contact time (or residence time) can vary, and can be optimized by persons of skill in the art. Generally, and without limitation, contact times can range from about 0.1 seconds to about 10 seconds, and preferably from about 0.5 seconds to about 5 seconds. Without limitation, the gas space velocity SV in the vapor phase reaction can range from about 100/hr to about 10,000/hr, preferably from about 300/hr to about 6,000/hr, and more preferably from about 300/hr to about 2,000/hr. Inert gas(es) can be used, if desired, as a diluting gas to adjust the space velocity. The temperature and pressure of the reaction zone can likewise vary, and can likewise be optimized by persons of skill in the art. Without limitation, the temperature preferably ranges from about 200° C. to about 500° C., more preferably from about 200° C. to about 400° C., even more preferably from about 250° C. to about 400° C., still more preferably from about 250° C. to about 350° C., and yet more preferably from about 275° C. to about 325° C., and most preferably from about 275° C. to about 300° C. In one embodiment of the invention, the temperature of the reaction zone during the dehydrogenation reaction is preferably controlled to be less than about 300° C. Alkane oxidative dehydrogenation is an exothermic reaction, and adequate heat transfer (cooling) can be achieved using methods known in the art, including for example, cooling with steam. Without limitation, the reaction pressure can range from atmospheric pressure to about 20 bar, and preferably ranges from about 1 bar to about 10 bar.
The relative alkane and oxidant feeds, catalyst loading, and reaction conditions are preferably controlled, individually and collectively among the various possible permutations, to achieve a reaction performance that is suitable for industrial applications. More specifically, the alkane and oxidant feeds, catalyst loading and reaction conditions are controlled such that the alkane is dehydrogenated to its corresponding alkene(s) with an alkane conversion of at least about 5%, preferably at least about 10%, and an alkene selectivity of at least about 70%, and preferably at least about 75%. Using the catalysts and process disclosed herein, the aforementioned reaction parameters can be controlled to achieve a conversion of at least about or greater than 15%, and more preferably at least about 20% or higher, and to achieve a selectivity for the alkene of at least about or greater than about 80%, preferably at least about or greater than about 85%, and most preferably at least about or greater than about 90%. Within experimental error, selectivity is substantially independent of conversion.
As used herein, “conversion” refers to the percentage of the amount of alkane provided to the reaction zone that is converted to carbon products, and can be expressed as follows: % conversation = 100 × The molar alkane - equivalent sum ( carbon basis ) of all carbon - containing products , excluding the alkane in the effluent Moles of alkane in the reaction mixture which is fed to the catalyst in the reactor .
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As used herein, “selectivity” (also known as efficiency), or equivalently, “alkene selectivity” refers to the percentage of the amount of converted alkane (i.e., total carbon products) that is converted to the specifically desired alkene product, and can be expressed as follows: % selectivity = 100 × Moles   of   desired   alkene   produced The molar alkene - equivalent sum ( carbon basis ) of all carbon - containing products , excluding the alkane in the effluent .
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These expressions are the theoretical expressions for selectivity and conversion. Simplified formulas have been used in the examples herein, and may be used by those of skill in the art for alkane oxydehydrogenation reactions where CO2 is the primary side product—for example, where the only products observed in the ethane oxidative dehydrogenation (using an ethane and molecular oxygen gas feed) are ethylene and carbon dioxide. In such cases, the simplified formula for % conversion is % conversion=100×[(moles of alkene+((moles of carbon dioxide)/2))/(moles of alkane)]. The simplified formula for % selectivity is % selectivity=100×[(moles of alkene)/(moles of alkene+((moles of carbon dioxide)/2))]. When the alkane is ethane or propane, only one dehydrogenation product is possible, and the calculations are straightforward. When butane is the alkane, however, the dehydrogenation product can be one or more of 1-butene, 2-butene or 1,3-butadiene. Thus, for butane dehydrogenation reactions, the percentages for selectivity and conversion may be based on one or more of these butane dehydrogenation products.
The nickel oxide/mixed-metal oxide catalysts of the present invention offer significant performance advantages as compared to current industrially-important (V—Mo) catalysts. For example, the catalysts of the invention can result in about a 20% conversion with about a 90% selectivity, as compared to about a 5% conversion with a 90% selectivity of the current industrially-important alternative. Moreover, the space-time yield achieved based on bulk-scale testing of the invention catalysts in laboratory-scale equipment is about 300 kg ethylene produced per m3 of catalyst per hour—an improvement of a factor of about ten (10) as compared to known MoV-based catalysts.
The nickel oxide/mixed-metal oxide catalysts of the present invention are stable with respect to dehydrogenation activity and performance characteristics. Stability of the catalyst is demonstrated by lifetime testing, in which a C2 to C4 alkane or a substituted C2 to C4 alkane and a gaseous oxidant are co-fed to a reaction zone containing the catalyst while maintaining the reaction zone (and the catalyst) at temperature ranging from about 200° C. to about 500° C., preferably from about 250° C. to about 350° C., and more preferably from about 250° C. to about 300° C. The alkane is contacted with the catalyst in the presence of the gaseous oxidant to dehydrogenate the alkane and to form the corresponding alkene. The alkene, unreacted alkane and unreacted gaseous oxidant are exhausted or otherwise removed from the reaction zone. The steps of co-feeding the reactants, dehydrogenating the alkane, and exhausting the alkene and unreacted reactants are effected for a cumulative reaction period of not less than about 200 hours, preferably not less than about 400 hours, more preferably not less than about 600 hours, even more preferably not less than about 1000 hours, and most preferably not less than about 2000 hours. In commercial industrial-scale applications, the catalyst is preferably stable for at least about 5000 hours, and more preferably at least about 8000 hours.
Significantly, the nickel-containing mixed-metal oxide catalyst of the present invention has activity for selectively converting alkane to the corresponding alkene/olefin (e.g., ethane to ethylene) even in the presence of substantial amounts of alkene/olefin (e.g., ethylene) in the reaction zone. Specifically, the alkane can be oxidatively dehydrogenated to form the corresponding alkene in the reaction zone—even when the reaction zone comprises the corresponding alkene in a molar concentration of at least about 5%, relative to total moles of hydrocarbon, during the oxydehydrogenation—with an alkane conversion of at least about 5% and an alkene selectivity of at least about 50%. A conversion of at least about 5% and a selectivity of at least about 50% can likewise be achieved where the molar concentration of the corresponding alkene in the reaction zone ranges from about 5% to about 50%, or where the molar concentration thereof is at least about 10%, at least about 20%, at least about 30%, at least about 40% or at least about 50%, relative to total moles of hydrocarbon. Moreover, alkane conversions as high as 10% with alkene selectivity as high as 70% can be achieved where the molar concentration the corresponding alkene in the reaction zone is at least about 30% relative to total moles of hydrocarbon. The relatively low product-sensitivity of the catalyst activity is surprising, particularly with respect to ethane conversion, because ethylene is typically more reactive than ethane over most catalysts.
The lack of product-inhibition on catalyst activity can be advantageously employed in a number of ways. First, for example, a less-pure, mixed feed comprising both alkane and the corresponding alkene can be selectively enriched in the alkene. For example, a 70% ethane/30% ethylene feed stream, by volume, can be enriched by conversion to a 60% ethane/40% ethylene product stream, by volume, or further, to a 50% ethane/50% ethylene product stream, by volume. As a more specific example, raffinate II (a mixture of butane, 2-butenes and 1-butene gasses) can be selectively enriched in the butenes at the expense of butane, ultimately resulting in a more uniform stream composition. Such enrichment schemes may be particularly important if employed in connection with separation schemes that are more effective with streams having higher alkene content.
As another embodiment, exemplary of the advantageous catalytic activity of the catalyst, a single-stage reactor system can be configured to recycle the product stream (or a portion thereof) back to the feed stream, resulting in an overall improvement in conversion and selectivity. More specifically, with reference to FIG. 1A, the alkane (e.g., C2H6) and gaseous oxidant (e.g., O2) are co-fed through feed conduits 5 to a reaction zone 10 containing the catalyst 100, the alkane is dehydrogenated in the reaction zone 10 to form the corresponding alkene, the resulting product stream 15 (comprising the corresponding alkene, unreacted alkane and optionally any excess gaseous oxidant) is exhausted from the reaction zone 10, and a portion or all of the alkene- and unreacted-alkane-containing product stream 15 is then recycled back to the reaction zone via recycle line 25 (and is typically recombined with a fresh feed stream 5). As a variation of the basic recycling embodiment discussed in the immediately-preceding paragraph, the product stream can be partially separated after being exhausted and before being recycled.
In a further, and generally preferred embodiment exemplifying the aforementioned advantage, a multi-stage reaction system can be effected, in which the product stream from a first reaction zone, or a portion thereof, becomes the feed stream for a second reaction zone. More specifically, with reference to FIG. 1B, an alkane (e.g., C2H6) and a gaseous oxidant (e.g., O2) can be co-fed through feed conduits 5 to a first reaction zone 10, in which the alkane is dehydrogenated to form the corresponding alkene, and the first product stream 15 comprising the corresponding alkene and unreacted alkane from the first reaction zone 10 is exhausted therefrom. The alkene- and unreacted-alkane-containing product stream 15 from the first reaction zone is then fed to a second reaction zone 20—preferably with a co-feed of fresh gaseous oxidant via feed conduit 5′ to the second reaction zone 20. The alkane is further dehydrogenated in the second reaction zone 20 to form the corresponding alkene therein. The alkene product is exhausted from the second reaction zone 20 as a product stream 15′. Additional stages of reaction zones (in one or more reactors) can likewise be added. The second (or further additional) reaction zone(s) preferably comprises the alkene at a molar concentration of at least about 5% relative to total moles hydrocarbon, and can be higher up to about 50%, as well as at one or more of the intermediate levels as described above. Significantly, because fresh gaseous oxidant (e.g., molecular oxygen) can be added between each stage of the multi-stage reactor, the amount of gaseous oxidant can be controlled at each stage to achieve an optimized selectivity and conversion for the dehydrogenation reaction occurring in that stage. This is particularly advantageous because low oxidant concentrations in the feed typically favor more selective oxydehydrogenation reactions, with less formation of side-product (e.g., carbon dioxide). In preferred embodiments for ethane dehydrogenation to ethylene, the molar concentration of oxygen in the first and second reaction zones is controlled to range from about 3% to about 40%, preferably from about 3% to about 20%, more preferably from about 5% to about 20%, and most preferably from about 8% to about 15%, in each case relative to ethane. The overall conversion and selectivity for ethane dehydrogenation to ethylene with a multi-stage, multi-low-level oxygen co-feed system as described herein is preferably at least about 5% alkane conversion and at least about 70% alkene selectivity, preferably at least about 80% alkene selectivity, preferably at least about 85% alkene selectivity, and more preferably at least about 90% alkene selectivity, and in another embodiment, preferably at least about 10% alkane conversion and at least about 80% alkene selectivity, preferably at least about 85% alkene selectivity, and more preferably at least about 90% alkene selectivity. In particularly preferred embodiments, the overall conversion is at least about 30%, more preferably at least about a value ranging from about 30% to about 45%, and the overall selectivity is at least about 70%, more preferably at least about a value ranging from about 70% to about 85%.
Regardless of the particular reactor-configuration (e.g., single-stage, single-stage with recycle, multi-stage, multi-stage with multi-oxidant feed, etc.), the resulting product stream typically comprises the product alkene/olefin of interest, together with unreacted alkane, possibly unreacted gaseous oxidant, as well as any side-product (e.g., CO2). The desired alkene product can be separated from the reaction product stream by methods known in the art. Preferably, for example, the alkene product can be recovered from the reaction product stream by cryogenic separation, by pressure-swing adsorption (e.g., on zeolites), by selective absorption. Additionally, or alternatively, the reaction product stream can be used, without further separation or with partial separation (e.g., with removal of CO2) as a feedstream to a downstream reactor, where the alkene product can be reacted further (e.g., as discussed below).
The oxydehydrogenation products of the reactions disclosed herein (e.g., ethylene, propylene, butenes, pentenes) can be further reacted to form a number of commercially important downstream products.
Ethylene produced by the oxydehydrogenation of ethane using the nickel oxide/mixed-metal oxide catalyst of the present invention can, for example, be further reacted to form polyethylene, styrene, ethanol, acetaldehyde, acetic acid, vinyl chloride, ethylene oxide, ethylene glycol, ethylene carbonate, ethyl acetate and vinyl acetate, among others. More specifically, ethylene can be formed by oxidatively dehydrogenating ethane in the presence of a catalyst comprising (i) Ni, a Ni oxide, a Ni salt or mixtures thereof, and (ii) elements or compounds selected from the group consisting of Ti, Ta, Nb, Hf, W, Y, Zn, Zr, Al, oxides thereof, and salts thereof, or mixtures of such elements or compounds. The catalyst can be more specifically characterized as described above. The ethylene can be optionally purified, and then further reacted to form a downstream reaction product of ethylene according to one or more of the following schemes.
Polyethylene. Ethylene can be polymerized to form polyethylene according to methods known in the art using a catalyst having activity for polymerizing ethylene to polyethylene. Exemplary polymerization approaches include free-radical polymerization, and polymerization over Ziegler (i.e., metal alkyl) catalysts. Styrene. Ethylene can be reacted with benzene in the presence of acid catalysts such as aluminum chloride or zeolites to form ethylbenzene, which can be catalytically dehydrogenated (using a catalyst of the invention or known dehydrogenation catalysts) to form styrene. Styrene can also be formed directly from the reaction of ethylene with benzene. Ethanol. Ethylene can be hydrated to form ethanol according to methods known in the art using a catalyst comprising an element or compound having activity for hydrating ethylene to ethanol. Preferred ethylene hydration catalysts include oxides of B, Ga, Al, Sn, Sb or Zn, or mixtures of such oxides. Water is preferably cofed to the reaction zone during the hydration reaction. Acetaldehyde. Acetaldehyde can be formed from ethylene according to methods known in the art—either directly, or through an ethanol intermediate. In a direct route, ethylene is oxidized to acetaldehyde using a catalyst comprising an element or compound having activity for oxidizing ethylene to acetaldehyde. Preferred ethylene oxidation catalysts for acetaldehyde formation include oxides of Pd, Cu, V or Co, or mixtures of such oxides. In an alternative, indirect route, ethylene is hydrated to form ethanol (as described above) and ethanol is then oxidized to form acetaldehyde in the presence of a catalyst having activity for oxidizing ethanol to acetaldehyde. Preferred ethanol oxidation catalysts for acetaldehyde formation include metals and/or metal oxides of Cu, Co, Ag, Re, Ru, Pt, Bi, Ce, Sb, In, Pd, Rh, Ir, V, Cr or Mn, or mixtures of such oxides. Acetic Acid. Ethylene can be oxidized to form acetic acid according to methods known in the art using a catalyst comprising an element or compound having activity for oxidizing ethylene to acetic acid. The catalyst preferably comprises a noble metal or an oxide thereof, and more preferably, Pd or Pt or oxides thereof. Water is preferably co-fed to the reaction zone during the ethylene oxidation reaction. Vinyl Chloride. Ethylene can be chlorinated or oxychlorinated to form vinyl chloride according to methods known in the art. In a chlorination reaction, chlorine or other chlorinating agent are preferably co-fed to the reaction zone, and ethylene is chlorinated in the presence of a catalyst having activity for chlorinating ethylene to vinyl chloride, or alternatively, in the absence of a catalyst. Preferred ethylene chlorination catalysts for preparing vinyl chloride comprise a metal halide or metal oxyhalide, and preferably, a halide or oxyhalide of Cu, Fe or Cr. In an oxychlorination reaction, a gaseous oxidant and HCl or other chlorinating agent are preferably co-fed to the reaction zone, and ethylene is oxychlorinated in the presence of a catalyst having activity for oxychlorinating ethylene to vinyl chloride. Preferred ethylene oxychlorination catalysts for preparing vinyl chloride comprise a metal halide or metal oxyhalide, and most preferably, a halide or oxyhalide of Cu, Fe or Cr. Ethylene Oxide. Ethylene can be oxidized to form ethylene oxide according to methods known in the art using a catalyst comprising an element or compound having activity for oxidizing ethylene to ethylene oxide. The catalyst preferably comprises Ag, a halide thereof, an oxide thereof or a salt thereof. Ethylene Glycol. Ethylene glycol can be produced by oxidizing ethylene to form ethylene oxide as described above, and hydrating ethylene oxide to form ethylene glycol. Alternatively, ethylene can be converted into ethylene glycol directly, in a single-step process. Ethylene Carbonate. Ethylene carbonate can be produced from ethylene by reacting ethylene with carbon dioxide or carbon monoxide to form ethylene carbonate, or alternatively by forming ethylene glycol as described above and then reacting the ethylene glycol with phosgene. Ethyl acetate. Ethyl acetate can be formed from acetic acid, prepared as described above, according to methods known in the art. Vinyl acetate. Vinyl acetate can be prepared by vapor-phase reaction of ethylene, acetic acid and oxygen over a Pd catalyst.
Propylene produced by the oxydehydrogenation of propane using the nickel oxide/mixed-metal oxide catalyst of the present invention can, for example, be further reacted to form polypropylene, acrolein, acrylic acid, acetone, propylene oxide and propylene carbonate, among other downstream reaction products of propylene. More specifically, propylene can be formed by oxidatively dehydrogenating propane in the presence of a catalyst comprising (i) Ni, a Ni oxide, a Ni salt or mixtures thereof, and (ii) elements or compounds selected from the group consisting of Ti, Ta, Nb, Hf, W, Y, Zn, Zr, Al, oxides thereof, and salts thereof, or mixtures of such elements or compounds. The catalyst can be more specifically characterized as described above. The propylene can be optionally purified, and then further reacted according to one or more of the following schemes.
Polypropylene. Propylene can be polymerized to form polypropylene according to methods known in the art using a catalyst having activity for polymerizing propylene to polypropylene. Exemplary propylene polymerization catalysts include, for example, aluminum alkyl catalysts. Acrolein. Propylene can be oxidized to form acrolein according to methods known in the art using a catalyst comprising an element or compound having activity for oxidizing propylene to acrolein. The catalyst preferably comprises an oxide of Bi, Mo, Te or W, or mixtures of such oxides. Acrylic Acid. Propylene can be oxidized to form acrylic acid according to methods known in the art using a catalyst comprising an element or compound having activity for oxidizing propylene to acrylic acid. The catalyst preferably comprises an oxide of Mo, V or W, or mixtures of such oxides. Acetone. Acetone can be produced from propylene by oxidation of propylene. Propylene Oxide. Propylene can be oxidized to form propylene oxide according to methods known in the art using a catalyst comprising an element or compound having activity for oxidizing propylene to propylene oxide. The catalyst preferably comprises TiSi oxide or PdTiSi oxide catalysts. Propylene carbonate. Propylene carbonate can be formed by preparing propylene oxide as described above, and by reacting the propylene oxide with carbon dioxide. Propylene can also be directly converted to propylene carbonate in a single-step process.
The oxydehydrogenation products of isobutane and n-butane can likewise be further reacted. Isobutene can be further reacted, for example, to form methacrylic acid. n-Butene can be further reacted, for example, to form butanol, butanediol, butadiene, methylethylketone (MEK), methylvinylketone (MVK), furane, or crotonaldehyde. More specifically, isobutene or n-butene can be formed by oxidatively dehydrogenating the respective butane in the presence of a catalyst comprising (i) Ni, a Ni oxide, a Ni salt or mixtures thereof, and (ii) elements or compounds selected from the group consisting of Ti, Ta, Nb, Hf, W, Y, Zn, Zr, Al, oxides thereof, and salts thereof, or mixtures of such elements or compounds. The catalyst can be more specifically characterized as described above. The isobutene or n-butene can be optionally purified, and then further reacted according to one or more of the following schemes.
Methacrylic Acid. Isobutene can be oxidized to form methacrylic acid according to methods known in the art using a catalyst comprising an element or compound having activity for oxidizing isobutene to methacrylic acid. The catalyst preferably comprises a polyoxometallate (POM), and in particular, PVMo- or PVW-containing POM. Butanol. Butanol can be prepared by hydrating n-butene to form butanol. Butadiene. n-Butene can be oxidatively dehydrogenated to form butadiene according to the methods of the present invention (and/or according to other methods known in the art) using a catalyst comprising an element or compound having activity for oxidatively dehydrogenating n-butene to butadiene. The catalyst preferably comprises (i) Ni, a Ni oxide, a Ni salt or mixtures thereof, and (ii) elements or compounds selected from the group consisting of Ti, Ta, Nb, Hf, W, Y, Zn, Zr, Al, oxides thereof, and salts thereof, or mixtures of such elements or compounds. The catalyst can be more specifically characterized as described above. Butanediol. Butane diol can be prepared by forming butadiene, as described above, and then hydrating butadiene to form butanediol. Methylethylketone (MEK). n-Butene can be oxidatively dehydrogenated to form butadiene (as described above), and butadiene can be oxidized to form methylethylketone (MEK) according to the methods known in the art using a catalyst comprising an element or compound having activity for oxidation of butadiene to MEK. The catalyst preferably comprises Bi/Mo, Mo/V/W, VPO or a polyoxometallate. Methylvinylketone (MVK). n-Butene can be oxidatively dehydrogenated to form butadiene (as described above), and butadiene can be oxidized to form methylvinylketone (MVK) according to the methods known in the art using a catalyst comprising an element or compound having activity for oxidation of butadiene to MVK. The catalyst preferably comprises Bi/Mo, Mo/V/W, VPO or a polyoxometallate. Furane. Furane can be prepared by oxidizing n-butene. Crotonaldehyde. Crotonaldehyde can be prepared by forming butadiene, as described above, and then oxidizing butadiene to form crotonaldehyde.
In each of the aforementioned further reactions of the oxydehydrogenation products (e.g., ethylene, propylene, butenes), the reactants are preferably provided to the reaction zone in the presence of the respective catalysts. The catalyst(s) for the downstream reaction(s) can be co-catalysts provided to the same reaction zone in which the oxydehydrogenation catalyst is situated, or alternatively, can be provided to a physically separate, down-stream reaction zone. If provided as a co-catalyst in the same reaction zone, the catalyst for the downstream reaction can be prepared and provided to the reaction zone as a separate composition from the catalyst of the present invention, or alternatively, can be prepared and provided to the reaction zone as a single composition in separate phases or as an integrated catalyst composition having activity for both the oxydehydrogenation reaction and the respective downstream reaction of interest. Regardless of whether the oxydehydrogenation reaction and the downstream reaction of interest are carried out in the same or in separate reaction zones, the oxydehydrogenation reaction and the downstream reaction(s) are preferably performed sequentially (e.g., where an alkane is oxydehydrogenated to form the corresponding alkene as the oxydehydrogenation product, and the alkene is then further reacted to form the downstream product of interest).
The following examples illustrate the principles and advantages of the invention.
EXAMPLES
General
In general, catalysts were prepared in small quantities (e.g. ˜100 mg) or in larger, bulk quantities (e.g., ˜20 g) using conventional precipitation and/or evaporation approaches. Small quantity catalysts were generally prepared with automated liquid dispensing robots (Cavro Scientific Instruments) in glass vials contained in wells of an aluminum substrate. Catalysts were screened for activity for oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane (ODHE), regardless of the scale of preparation, in a parallel fixed bed reactor substantially as disclosed in PCT patent application WO 99/64160 (Symyx Technologies, Inc.).
Example 1 ODHE over NiNbTi Oxide and NiTaTi Oxide Catalysts. (#14839/15156)
Catalysts were prepared in small quantities (˜100 mg) from nickel nitrate ([Ni]=1.0 M), titanium oxalate ([Ti]=0.713 M), niobium oxalate ([Nb]=0.569 M), and tantalum oxalate ([Ta]=0.650 M) aqueous stock solutions by precipitation with tetramethylammonium hydroxide ([NMe4OH]=1.44M). Briefly, a library of catalyst precursors were prepared by dispensing various amounts of aqueous stock solutions using a Cavro automated liquid handling robot to an array of glass vials held in an aluminum substrate. The precipitating agent, NMe4OH solution, was added to the various catalyst precursor compositions in about 1.3 equivalent of acid and metal ions, by high-speed injection from a syringe head. The high-speed injection of the base provides mixing of the catalyst precursor solution and precipitation agents, thereby effecting precipitation of solid catalyst materials. To further insure well mixing, additional liquid (e.g., distilled water was, in some cases, also injected into the vial containing the metal precursor solution and base precipitating agent. The resulting precipitate mixtures were allowed to settle at about 25° C. for about 2 hours, and were then centrifuged at 3000 rpm to separate solid precipitate from the solution. The solution was decanted and solids were dried under vacuum at 60° C. in a vacuum oven. Table 1A summarizes the composition and amounts of the various catalyst compositions.
In a first set of experiments, the dried catalyst compositions were calcined to 300° C. in an atmosphere of air with an oven temperature profile: ramp to 300° C. at 2° C./min and dwell at 300° C. for 8 hours. Samples were ground with a spatula. The mixed metal oxide catalysts (˜50 mg) were screened in the fixed bed parallel reactor. The performance characteristics of these catalysts for ethane oxidative dehydrogenation at 300° C. with relative flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm are summarized in Table 1B (ethane conversion) and Table 1C (ethylene selectivity).
After initial screening, these catalyst were subsequently recalcined to 400° C. with a similar temperature profile. The performance characteristics of these catalysts for ethane oxidative dehydrogenation in the parallel fixed bed reactor at 300° C. with relative flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm are summarized in Table 1D (ethane conversion) and Table 1E (ethylene selectivity).
TABLE 1A
Catalyst composition (mole fraction) of Ni—Nb—Ti and
Ni—Ta—Ti oxide mixtures and sample mass, “m” (mg)
used in parallel fixed bed reactor screen.
Row Col 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Ni 1.0000 0.8969 0.7944 0.6927 0.5917 0.4914
Nb 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
Ta 0.0000 0.1031 0.2056 0.3073 0.4083 0.5086
Ti 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
m 49.5 50.4 50 49.4 50.1 50.1
2 Ni 0.9119 0.9091 0.8052 0.7021 0.5997 0.4980
Nb 0.0881 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
Ta 0.0000 0.0000 0.1042 0.2076 0.3103 0.4124
Ti 0.0000 0.0909 0.0906 0.0903 0.0900 0.0896
m 50.2 49.5 50.3 50.5 49.6 49.8
3 Ni 0.8214 0.8188 0.8163 0.7117 0.6079 0.5048
Nb 0.1786 0.0890 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
Ta 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.1052 0.2097 0.3135
Ti 0.0000 0.0921 0.1837 0.1830 0.1824 0.1817
m 49.5 49.5 49.3 50.4 50 50.3
4 Ni 0.7284 0.7261 0.7239 0.7216 0.6163 0.5118
Nb 0.2716 0.1805 0.0900 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
Ta 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.1063 0.2119
Ti 0.0000 0.0934 0.1861 0.2784 0.2774 0.2764
m 49.3 49.4 49.3 50.1 49.4 49.3
5 Ni 0.6329 0.6309 0.6289 0.6270 0.6250 0.5189
Nb 0.3671 0.2744 0.1824 0.0909 0.0000 0.0000
Ta 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.1074
Ti 0.0000 0.0946 0.1887 0.2821 0.3750 0.3736
m 50.3 50.3 49.3 49.9 49.6 50.4
6 Ni 0.5348 0.5330 0.5314 0.5297 0.5280 0.5263
Nb 0.4652 0.3710 0.2774 0.1843 0.0919 0.0000
Ta 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
Ti 0.0000 0.0959 0.1913 0.2860 0.3801 0.4737
m 50.7 22.6 50.4 49.5 49.9 50.6
TABLE 1B
Ethane conversion for the catalysts in Table 1A.
Test conditions: 300° C. with ethane/nitrogen/oxygen
flow of 0.42/0.54/0.088 sccm.
Ethane Conversion (%) of Ni—Nb—Ta—Ti Oxide
Mixtures
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 9.4 17.9 19.0 19.1 18.6 16.8
2 16.3 15.7 18.1 17.1 17.6 19.2
3 18.6 18.3 18.9 17.6 19.3 18.6
4 19.4 18.2 19.4 18.6 18.9 19.2
5 19.4 18.9 16.5 19.1 18.6 17.1
6 19.0 16.2 17.9 18.0 16.8 16.8
TABLE 1C
Ethylene selectivity for the catalysts in Table 1A.
Test conditions: 300° C. with ethane/nitrogen/oxygen
flow of 0.42/0.54/0.088 sccm.
Ethylene Selectivity (%) of Ni—Nb—Ta—Ti Oxide
Mixtures
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 47.2 82.8 84.3 83.7 84.7 83.3
2 79.5 78.5 84.2 85.0 81.2 84.9
3 84.5 83.6 83.5 84.1 84.4 85.0
4 84.2 84.1 83.4 84.1 84.8 84.8
5 84.8 84.9 82.1 82.3 82.1 83.8
6 82.6 81.1 79.9 80.5 78.8 79.0
TABLE 1D
Ethane conversion for the catalysts in Table 1A but
recalcined to 400° C. Test conditions: 300° C.
with ethane/nitrogen/oxygen flow of 0.42/0.54/0.088 sccm.
Ethane Conversion (%) of Ni—Nb—Ta—Ti Oxide
Mixtures
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 5.8 11.9 12.2 12.4 11.8 9.6
2 9.8 9.2 11.5 9.2 11.3 13.0
3 12.0 12.7 11.1 12.0 13.8 12.3
4 12.8 11.5 13.3 11.1 10.1 11.9
5 13.5 12.0 12.9 11.1 11.9 10.4
6 13.0 9.0 13.0 13.6 11.3 11.0
TABLE 1E
Ethylene selectivity for the catalysts in Table 1A but recalcined
to 400° C. Test conditions: 300° C. with ethane/nitrogen/oxygen
flow of 0.42/0.54/0.088 sccm.
Ethylene Selectivity (%) of Ni—Nb—Ta—Ti Oxide
Mixtures
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 34.2 83.1 85.4 84.4 85.2 85.1
2 77.2 75.3 84.9 86.4 80.8 84.6
3 85.1 84.1 82.7 84.0 83.8 84.1
4 85.4 84.5 83.7 82.2 83.9 84.5
5 86.4 85.9 79.3 78.7 80.4 83.1
6 80.1 78.4 79.3 77.1 72.1 71.2
Another library of NiNbTi oxide catalysts was prepared substantially as described above and having the composition and amounts summarized in Table 1F. The performance characteristics of these catalysts for ethane oxidative dehydrogenation in the parallel fixed bed reactor at 300° C. with relative flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm are summarized in Table 1G (ethane conversion) and Table 1H (ethylene selectivity).
TABLE 1F
Catalyst composition (mole fractions) of NiNbTi oxide catalysts
and sample mass (mg) used in parallel fixed bed reactor screen.
Row Column 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Ni 1.000
Nb 0.000
Ti 0.000
mass 49.9
(mg)
2 Ni 0.841 0.885
Nb 0.000 0.115
Ti 0.159 0.000
mass 45.0 56.3
(mg)
3 Ni 0.714 0.748 0.784
Nb 0.000 0.103 0.216
Ti 0.286 0.150 0.000
mass 49.2 49.3 45.0
(mg)
4 Ni 0.612 0.637 0.665 0.696
Nb 0.000 0.093 0.194 0.304
Ti 0.388 0.270 0.141 0.000
mass 49.6 51.4 51.9 50.8
(mg)
5 Ni 0.526 0.546 0.568 0.592 0.617
Nb 0.000 0.085 0.176 0.275 0.383
Ti 0.474 0.369 0.256 0.133 0.000
mass 44.9 46.3 46.7 44.0 47.0
(mg)
6 Ni 0.455 0.471 0.488 0.506 0.526 0.547
Nb 0.000 0.078 0.161 0.251 0.348 0.453
Ti 0.545 0.452 0.351 0.243 0.126 0.000
mass 48.8 50.5 46.1 48.5 52.0 54.1
(mg)
TABLE 1G
Ethane conversion for catalysts listed in TABLE 1F.
Test conditions: 300° C. with ethane:nitrogen:oxygen
flow of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm.
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 8.4
2 16.6 18.2
3 17.5 16.5 16.9
4 16.7 16.3 17.0 16.1
5 15.9 16.2 17.1 15.9 17.9
6 16.6 17.5 15.5 15.2 17.2 14.4
TABLE 1H
Ethylene selectivity for catalysts listed in TABLE 1F.
Test conditions: 300° C. with ethane:nitrogen:oxygen
flow of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm.
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 43.3
2 81.5 82.8
3 83.1 81.9 82.5
4 82.5 77.2 83.1 83.5
5 77.8 78.4 77.9 78.1 80.6
6 77.8 76.9 75.4 78.8 80.1 73.0
Example 2 ODHE over NiNbTaTi Oxide Catalysts. (#16160/16223)
Catalyst compositions comprising various relative amounts of oxides of Ni, Nb, Ta and Ti were prepared in small (˜100 mg) quantities by precipitation substantially as described in connection with Example 1. Table 2A summarizes the composition and amounts of the various catalyst compositions.
In a first set of experiments, the dried catalyst compositions were calcined to 300° C. in an atmosphere of air with an oven temperature profile: ramp to 300° C. at 2° C./min and dwell at 300° C. for 8 hours. The mixed metal oxide catalysts (˜50 mg) were screened in the fixed bed parallel reactor. The performance characteristics of these catalysts for ethane oxidative dehydrogenation at 300° C. with relative flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm are summarized in Table 2B (ethane conversion) and Table 2C (ethylene selectivity). The catalysts were also screened for ethane oxidative dehydrogenation at 300° C. with relative flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.82:0.022 sccm. The performance characteristics for these experiments are summarized in Table 2D (ethane conversion) and Table 2E (ethylene selectivity).
After these screenings, these catalyst were subsequently recalcined to 400° C. for 8 hours with a similar temperature profile. The performance characteristics of these catalysts for ethane oxidative dehydrogenation in the parallel fixed bed reactor at 300° C. with relative flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm are summarized in Table 2F (ethane conversion) and Table 2G (ethylene selectivity). The recalcined catalysts were also screened for ethane oxidative dehydrogenation at 300° C. with relative flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.82:0.022 sccm. The performance characteristics for these experiments are summarized in Table 2H (ethane conversion) and Table 2I (ethylene selectivity).
TABLE 2A
Catalyst composition (mole fraction) and sample mass,
“m” (mg) of bulk NiNbTaTi Oxide Mixtures
Row Col
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Ni 0.6014 0.5714 0.5418 0.5124 0.4832 0.4542
Nb 0.1065 0.1188 0.1310 0.1431 0.1550 0.1669
Ta 0.0948 0.1133 0.1317 0.1498 0.1679 0.1857
Ti 0.1973 0.1964 0.1956 0.1948 0.1939 0.1931
m 50.0 50.0 50.3 50.5 49.5 50.5
2 Ni 0.4889 0.4730 0.4559 0.4375 0.4176 0.3959
Nb 0.0808 0.1089 0.1392 0.1718 0.2071 0.2454
Ta 0.2699 0.2518 0.2323 0.2113 0.1886 0.1639
Ti 0.1604 0.1662 0.1726 0.1794 0.1868 0.1948
m 49.5 50.6 50.0 50.5 49.6 49.4
3 Ni 0.6004 0.5731 0.5448 0.5154 0.4849 0.4532
Nb 0.1163 0.1279 0.1399 0.1524 0.1654 0.1788
Ta 0.1295 0.1424 0.1557 0.1696 0.1840 0.1990
Ti 0.1538 0.1566 0.1595 0.1626 0.1657 0.1689
m 49.9 49.3 49.5 49.6 49.7 50.0
4 Ni 0.6435 0.6135 0.5835 0.5535 0.5234 0.4934
Nb 0.1173 0.1315 0.1457 0.1598 0.1740 0.1882
Ta 0.1306 0.1463 0.1621 0.1779 0.1937 0.2095
Ti 0.1086 0.1087 0.1087 0.1088 0.1089 0.1089
m 49.5 49.3 49.6 49.5 50.1 50.3
TABLE 2B
Ethane conversion for the catalysts in TABLE 2A.
Test conditions: 300° C. with ethane/nitrogen/oxygen
flow of 0.42/0.54/0.088 sccm.
Ethane Conversion (%) of Ni—Nb—Ta—Ti Oxide
Mixtures
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 10.7 17.0 18.1 19.4 19.2 13.6
2 9.0 17.5 18.7 16.8 19.0 15.6
3 12.1 17.5 19.0 19.0 19.1 16.8
4 7.8 16.8 19.5 18.8 17.7 18.2
TABLE 2C
Ethylene selectivity for the catalysts in Table 2A.
Test conditions: 300° C. with ethane/nitrogen/oxygen
flow of 0.42/0.54/0.088 sccm.
Ethylene Selectivity (%) of Ni—Nb—Ta—Ti Oxide
Mixtures
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 82.9 83.1 84.3 85.1 84.2 83.2
2 80.4 86.6 85.1 84.7 84.5 84.1
3 70.9 84.4 84.9 84.7 84.6 84.0
4 76.9 84.7 84.8 84.5 84.8 85.0
TABLE 2D
Ethane conversion for the catalysts in Table 2A.
Test conditions: 300° C. with ethane/nitrogen/oxygen
flow of 0.42/0.082/0.022 sccm.
Ethane Conversion (%) of Ni—Nb—Ta—Ti Oxide
Mixtures
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 10.5 11.2 11.4 11.9 11.8 11.0
2 8.2 11.4 11.8 11.3 11.9 11.5
3 9.3 11.6 11.3 11.6 11.8 11.3
4 7.1 11.6 12.0 11.6 11.7 11.4
TABLE 2E
Ethylene selectivity for the catalysts in Table 2A.
Test conditions: 300° C. with ethane/nitrogen/oxygen
flow of 0.42/0.082/0.022 sccm.
Ethylene Selectivity (%) of Ni—Nb—Ta—Ti Oxide
Mixtures
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 91.6 92.7 92.9 93.5 92.9 92.5
2 90.1 93.4 93.3 93.4 93.2 92.6
3 86.7 93.0 93.5 93.3 93.3 92.7
4 87.7 93.4 93.4 93.0 93.2 92.9
TABLE 2F
Ethane conversion for the catalysts in Table 2A.
Test conditions: 300° C. with ethane/nitrogen/oxygen
flow of 0.42/0.54/0.088 sccm.
Ethane Conversion (%) of Ni—Nb—Ta—Ti Oxide
Mixtures
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 5.6 12.3 13.2 14.1 14.6 7.1
2 4.9 14.7 13.5 11.4 15.0 8.7
3 8.1 12.6 13.3 14.6 14.6 11.1
4 3.7 10.4 14.3 14.8 14.8 14.4
TABLE 2G
Ethylene selectivity for the catalysts in Table 2A.
Test conditions: 300° C. with ethane/nitrogen/oxygen
flow of 0.42/0.54/0.088 sccm.
Ethylene Selectivity (%) of Ni—Nb—Ta—Ti Oxide
Mixtures
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 83.4 80.9 82.1 84.1 83.8 84.9
2 81.6 83.9 84.3 84.5 83.6 85.1
3 67.9 83.5 83.7 83.6 83.6 84.5
4 78.5 84.7 83.8 83.2 83.6 84.5
TABLE 2H
Ethane conversion for the catalysts in Table 2A.
Test conditions: 300° C. with ethane/nitrogen/oxygen
flow of 0.42/0.082/0.022 sccm.
Ethane Conversion (%) of Ni—Nb—Ta—Ti Oxide
Mixtures
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 5.7 10.7 8.4 11.5 11.9 7.6
2 5.3 10.2 11.1 10.7 11.7 8.6
3 8.4 11.3 11.2 11.5 11.8 10.6
4 4.1 10.1 11.7 11.6 11.3 11.2
TABLE 2I
Ethylene selectivity for the catalysts in Table 2A.
Test conditions: 300° C. with ethane/nitrogen/oxygen
flow of 0.42/0.082/0.022 sccm.
Ethylene Selectivity (%) of Ni—Nb—Ta—Ti Oxide
Mixtures
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 88.9 92.1 92.4 93.2 92.8 90.9
2 87.4 93.2 93.1 93.0 93.2 91.7
3 85.7 92.5 93.0 93.2 93.0 92.3
4 85.5 92.6 93.1 92.9 93.1 92.9
Example 3 ODHE over NiNbZr/NiTaZr Oxide Catalysts. (#14840/15157)
Catalysts were prepared in small quantities (˜100 mg) from nickel nitrate ([Ni]=1.0 M), niobium oxalate ([Nb]=0.569 M), tantalum oxalate ([Ta]=0.650 M), and zirconium oxalate ([Zr]=0.36 M) aqueous stock solutions by precipitation with tetramethylammonium hydroxide. The solid materials were separated from solution by centrifugation. The supernatant was decanted and solid materials were dried at 60° C. under a reduced atmosphere. Table 3A summarizes the composition and amounts of the various catalyst compositions.
In a first set of experiments, the dried catalyst compositions were calcined to 300° C. in an atmosphere of air with an oven temperature profile: ramp to 300° C. at 2° C./min and dwell at 300° C. for 8 hours. The mixed metal oxide catalysts (˜50 mg) were screened in the fixed bed parallel reactor. The performance characteristics of these catalysts for ethane oxidative dehydrogenation at 300° C. with relative flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm are summarized in Table 3B (ethane conversion) and Table 3C (ethylene selectivity).
After initial screening, these catalyst were subsequently recalcined to 400° C. with a similar temperature profile. The performance characteristics of these catalysts for ethane oxidative dehydrogenation in the parallel fixed bed reactor at 300° C. with relative flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm are summarized in Table 3D (ethane conversion) and Table 3E (ethylene selectivity).
TABLE 3A
Catalyst composition (mole fraction) of Ni—Nb—Zr
and Ni—Ta—Zr oxide mixtures & sample mass, “m” (mg)
used in parallel fixed bed reactor screen.
Row Col 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Ni 1.0000 0.8969 0.7944 0.6927 0.5917 0.4914
Nb 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
Ta 0.0000 0.1031 0.2056 0.3073 0.4083 0.5086
Zr 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
m 49.8 49.5 49.6 49.6 50.1 49.5
2 Ni 0.9119 0.9328 0.8262 0.7203 0.6152 0.5108
Nb 0.0881 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
Ta 0.0000 0.0000 0.1069 0.2130 0.3184 0.4230
Zr 0.0000 0.0672 0.0669 0.0667 0.0664 0.0662
m 49.3 49.6 50.4 49.9 50.3 49.3
3 Ni 0.8214 0.8405 0.8606 0.7502 0.6406 0.5319
Nb 0.1786 0.0914 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
Ta 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.1109 0.2210 0.3303
Zr 0.0000 0.0681 0.1394 0.1389 0.1384 0.1379
m 49.8 50.6 50.5 49.5 50.6 49.9
4 Ni 0.7284 0.7456 0.7637 0.7826 0.6682 0.5547
Nb 0.2716 0.1853 0.0949 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
Ta 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.1153 0.2296
Zr 0.0000 0.0690 0.1414 0.2174 0.2165 0.2157
m 50.1 49.4 49.5 49.6 49.5 50.6
5 Ni 0.6329 0.6481 0.6640 0.6807 0.6983 0.5796
Nb 0.3671 0.2819 0.1926 0.0987 0.0000 0.0000
Ta 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.1200
Zr 0.0000 0.0700 0.1434 0.2206 0.3017 0.3005
m 50.3 49.6 49.8 49.5 49.9 49.7
6 Ni 0.5348 0.5478 0.5614 0.5758 0.5909 0.6068
Nb 0.4652 0.3812 0.2931 0.2004 0.1028 0.0000
Ta 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
Zr 0.0000 0.0710 0.1455 0.2239 0.3063 0.3932
m 50.0 49.8 50.3 50.6 50.0 49.9
TABLE 3B
Ethane conversion for the catalysts in Table 3A.
Test conditions: 300° C. with ethane/nitrogen/oxygen
flow of 0.42/0.54/0.088 sccm.
Ethane Conversion (%) of Ni—Nb—Ta—Zr Oxide
Mixtures
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 9.1 18.2 18.9 19.2 18.6 15.7
2 16.0 14.8 18.0 16.4 17.3 19.5
3 18.4 18.1 15.4 17.6 13.1 16.7
4 19.3 19.1 16.7 14.7 15.2 15.3
5 19.4 19.0 13.7 15.3 13.6 16.1
6 18.9 19.0 12.1 11.3 12.7 12.4
TABLE 3C
Ethylene Selectivity for the catalysts in Table 3A.
Test conditions: 300° C. with ethane/nitrogen/oxygen
flow of 0.42/0.54/0.088 sccm.
Ethylene Selectivity (%) of Ni—Nb—Ta—Zr Oxide
Mixtures
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 46.0 83.8 84.4 84.0 84.8 83.0
2 80.4 74.4 83.4 81.1 80.7 83.6
3 84.8 83.7 77.2 81.8 73.9 81.5
4 84.4 84.2 79.5 76.6 73.6 79.1
5 84.7 82.9 73.4 76.6 73.4 79.3
6 82.7 84.6 73.9 70.2 73.9 76.5
TABLE 3D
Ethane Conversion for the catalysts in TABLE 3A but
recalcined to 400° C. Test conditions: 300° C.
with ethane/nitrogen/oxygen flow of 0.42/0.54/0.088 sccm.
Ethane Conversion (%) of Ni—Nb—Ta—Zr Oxide
Mixtures
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 6.3 12.2 12.6 12.5 11.9 8.9
2 9.1 10.8 12.2 10.8 11.4 15.1
3 12.2 13.8 10.2 11.9 8.0 11.2
4 13.2 13.2 11.4 8.8 10.3 10.8
5 13.6 13.5 8.6 11.2 9.2 12.2
6 14.7 13.4 7.5 6.4 8.0 7.5
TABLE 3E
Ethylene Selectivity for the catalysts in TABLE 3A but
recalcined to 400° C. Test conditions: 300° C.
with ethane/nitrogen/oxygen flow of 0.42/0.54/0.088 sccm.
Ethylene Selectivity (%) of Ni—Nb—Ta—Zr Oxide
Mixtures
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 33.4 83.3 85.4 84.6 86.0 86.7
2 78.8 66.2 83.3 81.0 80.9 83.5
3 86.4 84.1 70.6 80.2 72.9 81.1
4 85.8 84.8 78.6 69.1 69.3 78.5
5 86.5 83.7 71.9 75.8 69.7 77.0
6 80.4 82.9 72.3 62.9 71.7 74.9
Example 4 ODHE over NiTiZr Oxide Catalysts. (#14332)
Catalysts were prepared in small quantities (˜100 mg) from nickel nitrate ([Ni]=1.0 M), titanium oxalate ([Ti]=0.713 M) and zirconium oxalate ([Zr]=0.36 M) aqueous stock solutions by precipitation with tetramethylammonium hydroxide. The solid materials were separated from solution by centrifugation. The supernatant was decanted and solid materials were dried at 60° C. under a reduced atmosphere. Table 4A summarizes the composition and amounts of the various catalyst compositions.
In a first set of experiments, the dried catalyst compositions were calcined to 300° C. in an atmosphere of air with an oven temperature profile: ramp to 300° C. at 2° C./min and dwell at 300° C. for 8 hours. The mixed metal oxide catalysts (˜50 mg) were screened in the fixed bed parallel reactor. The performance characteristics of these catalysts for ethane oxidative dehydrogenation at 300° C. with relative flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm are summarized in Table 4B (ethane conversion) and Table 4C (ethylene selectivity).
TABLE 4A
Catalyst composition (mole fraction)
of NiTiZr oxide catalysts and sample mass (mg)
used in parallel fixed bed reactor screen.
Row Column 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Ni 1.000
Zr 0.000
Ti 0.000
mass 54.1
(mg)
2 Ni 0.930 0.913
Zr 0.070 0.000
Ti 0.000 0.087
mass 52.3 47.6
(mg)
3 Ni 0.862 0.847 0.833
Zr 0.138 0.068 0.000
Ti 0.000 0.085 0.167
mass 54.8 50.3 52.3
(mg)
4 Ni 0.797 0.784 0.771 0.759
Zr 0.203 0.133 0.065 0.000
Ti 0.000 0.083 0.163 0.241
mass 52.0 54.0 47.4 50.2
(mg)
5 Ni 0.735 0.723 0.712 0.701 0.690
Zr 0.265 0.195 0.128 0.063 0.000
Ti 0.000 0.081 0.160 0.236 0.310
mass 52.0 52.9 45.3 46.4 49.6
(mg)
6 Ni 0.676 0.665 0.654 0.644 0.635 0.625
Zr 0.324 0.255 0.188 0.124 0.061 0.000
Ti 0.000 0.080 0.157 0.232 0.305 0.375
mass 53.0 45.2 50.6 47.3 51.8 52.5
(mg)
TABLE 4B
Ethane conversion for catalysts in TABLE 4A.
Test conditions: 300° C. with
ethane:nitrogen:oxygen flow of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm.
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 7.9
2 15.5 14.9
3 17.0 16.5 16.6
4 13.3 14.3 17.2 17.3
5 14.2 15.4 15.8 17.7 20.6
6 12.4 14.9 13.0 13.5 16.1 19.1
TABLE 4C
Ethylene selectivity for catalysts in TABLE 4A.
Test conditions: 300° C. with ethane:nitrogen:oxygen
flow of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm.
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 46.1
2 72.9 78.5
3 75.8 76.5 81.9
4 71.3 78.8 81.0 81.7
5 71.0 74.8 72.1 81.2 84.7
6 69.0 71.3 76.8 70.9 77.7 83.2
Example 5 ODHE over NiTiCe and NiZrCe Oxide Catalysts. (#14841/15158)
Ni—Ti—Ce and Ni—Zr—Ce oxide catalysts were prepared and screened in a manner similar to the catalysts in Examples 1 and 3, using cerium nitrate ([Ce]=1.00 M) aqueous stock solution. Table 5A summarizes the composition and amounts of the various catalyst compositions.
In the initial screening (calcination at 300° C., 8 hours, screening in fixed bed parallel reactor at 300° C. with flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm, as described), ethane conversion values for the NiTiCe oxide compositions ranged from 9.6% (with ethylene selectivity of 66.5%) to 17.6% (with ethylene selectivity of 79.3%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 66.5% (with ethane conversion of 9.6%) to 80.1% (with ethane conversion of 17.0%). Ethane conversion values for the NiZrCe oxide compositions ranged from 13.4% (with ethylene selectivity of 69.1%) to 16.4% (with ethylene selectivity of 75.9%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 69.1% (with ethane conversion of 13.4%) to 78.2% (with ethane conversion of 15.4%).
After recalcining (400° C., 8 hours, as described), the catalysts were rescreened results not shown).
TABLE 5A
Catalyst composition (mole fraction) of Ni—Ti—Ce
and Ni—Zr—Ce oxide catalysts and sample
mass, “m” (mg) used in parallel fixed bed reactor screen.
Row Col 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Ni 1.0000 0.9259 0.8475 0.7642 0.6757 0.5814
Ti 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
Ce 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
Zr 0.0000 0.0741 0.1525 0.2358 0.3243 0.4186
m 49.5 49.4 49.7 48.6 49.2 49.8
2 Ni 0.9091 0.9474 0.8677 0.7830 0.6928 0.5967
Ti 0.0909 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
Ce 0.0000 0.0526 0.0542 0.0559 0.0577 0.0597
Zr 0.0000 0.0000 0.0781 0.1611 0.2494 0.3437
m 50.6 50.7 49.5 50.0 49.7 50.6
3 Ni 0.8163 0.8511 0.8889 0.8028 0.7109 0.6127
Ti 0.1837 0.0957 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
Ce 0.0000 0.0532 0.1111 0.1147 0.1185 0.1225
Zr 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0826 0.1706 0.2647
m 49.4 49.7 50.5 49.7 49.4 50.3
4 Ni 0.7216 0.7527 0.7865 0.8235 0.7299 0.6297
Ti 0.2784 0.1935 0.1011 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
Ce 0.0000 0.0538 0.1124 0.1765 0.1825 0.1889
Zr 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0876 0.1814
m 49.9 50.6 50.4 49.3 50.0 50.0
5 Ni 0.6250 0.6522 0.6818 0.7143 0.7500 0.6477
Ti 0.3750 0.2935 0.2045 0.1071 0.0000 0.0000
Ce 0.0000 0.0543 0.1136 0.1786 0.2500 0.2591
Zr 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0933
m 49.7 49.6 49.9 50.6 50.1 50.4
6 Ni 0.5263 0.5495 0.5747 0.6024 0.6329 0.6667
Ti 0.4737 0.3956 0.3103 0.2169 0.1139 0.0000
Ce 0.0000 0.0549 0.1149 0.1807 0.2532 0.3333
Zr 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
m 50.0 49.6 49.9 50.0 50.1 50.4
Example 6 ODHE over NiTiSb/NiZrSb Oxide Catalysts. (#14842/15159)
Ni—Ti—Sb and Ni—Zr—Sb oxide catalysts were prepared and screened in a manner similar to the catalysts in Examples 1 and 3, using antimony acetate ([Sb]=0.234 M) aqueous stock solution. Table 6A summarizes the composition and amounts of the various catalyst compositions.
In the initial screening (calcination at 300° C., 8 hours, screening in fixed bed parallel reactor at 300° C. with flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm, as described), ethane conversion values for the NiTiSb oxide compositions ranged from 1.0% (with ethylene selectivity of 73.3%) to 15.8% (with ethylene selectivity of 79.2%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 73.3% (with ethane conversion of 1.0%) to 81.8% (with ethane conversion of 7.2%). Ethane conversion values for the NiZrSb oxide compositions ranged from 1.4% (with ethylene selectivity of 75.5%) to 11.9% (with ethylene selectivity of 74.7%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 63.2% (with ethane conversion of 6.3%) to 78.3% (with ethane conversion of 11.3%).
After recalcining (400° C., 8 hours, as described), the catalysts were rescreened (results not shown).
TABLE 6A
Catalyst composition (mole fraction) of
NiTiSb/NiZrSb oxide mixtures and sample mass,
“m” (mg) used in parallel fixed bed reactor screen.
Row Col 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Ni 1.0000 0.9377 0.8642 0.7764 0.6695 0.5365
Ti 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
Zr 0.0000 0.0623 0.1358 0.2236 0.3305 0.4635
Sb 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
m 49.4 50.6 50.4 50.6 49.3 49.5
2 Ni 0.9233 0.9403 0.8669 0.7790 0.6719 0.5387
Ti 0.0767 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
Zr 0.0000 0.0000 0.0681 0.1496 0.2488 0.3724
Sb 0.0000 0.0597 0.0651 0.0715 0.0793 0.0890
m 50.4 50.7 50.0 49.4 50.0 50.2
3 Ni 0.8359 0.8523 0.8695 0.7816 0.6744 0.5409
Ti 0.1641 0.0837 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
Zr 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0750 0.1665 0.2804
Sb 0.0000 0.0640 0.1305 0.1434 0.1591 0.1786
m 50.4 50.4 49.2 50.3 49.4 49.7
4 Ni 0.7353 0.7509 0.7672 0.7842 0.6769 0.5432
Ti 0.2647 0.1802 0.0921 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
Zr 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0836 0.1877
Sb 0.0000 0.0689 0.1408 0.2158 0.2395 0.2691
m 49.2 49.3 49.8 50.7 50.6 49.8
5 Ni 0.6184 0.6326 0.6475 0.6631 0.6795 0.5455
Ti 0.3816 0.2928 0.1998 0.1023 0.0000 0.0000
Zr 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0943
Sb 0.0000 0.0746 0.1527 0.2346 0.3205 0.3603
m 50.8 49.5 49.3 50.0 50.2 49.7
6 Ni 0.4808 0.4928 0.5055 0.5188 0.5329 0.5478
Ti 0.5192 0.4258 0.3276 0.2241 0.1151 0.0000
Zr 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
Sb 0.0000 0.0814 0.1669 0.2570 0.3520 0.4522
m 20.2 50.6 50.5 50.8 50.4 49.0
Example 7 ODHE over NiTiNd/NiZrNd Oxide Catalysts. (#15154/15420)
Ni—Ti—Nd and Ni—Zr—Nd oxide catalysts were prepared and screened in a manner similar to the catalysts in Examples 1 and 3, using neodymium nitrate ([Nd]=0.50 M) aqueous stock solution. Table 7A summarizes the composition and amounts of the various catalyst compositions.
In the initial screening (calcination at 300° C., 8 hours, screening in fixed bed parallel reactor at 300° C. with flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm, as described), ethane conversion (C) and ethylene selectivity (S) values for the NiTiNd oxide compositions ranged from 6.3% C, 45.1% S to 18.1% C, 84.6% S. Ethane conversion values for the NiZrNd oxide compositions ranged from 4.5% (with ethylene selectivity of 41.5%) to 13.4% (with ethylene selectivity of 71.8%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 41.5% (with ethane conversion of 4.5%) to 77.3% (with ethane conversion of 13.1%).
In a second screening in the fixed bed parallel reactor at 300° C. with different flowrates (ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.082:0.022 sccm), ethane conversion (C) and ethylene selectivity (S) values for the NiTiNd oxide compositions ranged from 4.9% C, 62.7% S to 11.0% C, 93.3% S. Ethane conversion (C) and ethylene selectivity (S) values for the NiZrNd oxide compositions ranged from 4.2% C, 59.0% S to 10.0% C, 90.7% S.
After recalcining (400° C., 8 hours, as described), the catalysts were rescreened (results not shown).
TABLE 7A
Catalyst composition (mole fraction) of NiTiNd/NiZrNd oxide
catalysts and sample mass, “m” (mg) used in
parallel fixed bed reactor screen.
Row Col 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Ni 1.0000 0.9259 0.8475 0.7642 0.6757 0.5814
Ti 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
Zr 0.0000 0.0741 0.1525 0.2358 0.3243 0.4186
Nd 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
m 49.6 49.7 49.5 49.3 50.3 49.5
2 Ni 0.9259 0.9474 0.8677 0.7830 0.6928 0.5967
Ti 0.0741 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
Zr 0.0000 0.0000 0.0781 0.1611 0.2494 0.3437
Nd 0.0000 0.0526 0.0542 0.0559 0.0577 0.0597
m 49.9 50.8 50.4 49.4 49.4 50.0
3 Ni 0.8475 0.8677 0.8889 0.8028 0.7109 0.6127
Ti 0.1525 0.0781 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
Zr 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0826 0.1706 0.2647
Nd 0.0000 0.0542 0.1111 0.1147 0.1185 0.1225
m 49.9 49.2 49.4 50.3 49.7 49.4
4 Ni 0.7642 0.7830 0.8028 0.8235 0.7299 0.6297
Ti 0.2358 0.1611 0.0826 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
Zr 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0876 0.1814
Nd 0.0000 0.0559 0.1147 0.1765 0.1825 0.1889
m 49.8 49.5 50.0 49.8 49.8 49.8
5 Ni 0.6757 0.6928 0.7109 0.7299 0.7500 0.6477
Ti 0.3243 0.2494 0.1706 0.0876 0.0000 0.0000
Zr 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0933
Nd 0.0000 0.0577 0.1185 0.1825 0.2500 0.2591
m 49.5 49.6 49.8 50.0 49.4 50.1
6 Ni 0.5814 0.5967 0.6127 0.6297 0.6477 0.6667
Ti 0.4186 0.3437 0.2647 0.1814 0.0933 0.0000
Zr 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
Nd 0.0000 0.0597 0.1225 0.1889 0.2591 0.3333
m 50.1 49.3 49.5 50.7 50.6 45.0
Example 8 ODHE over NiTiYb/NiZrYb Oxide Catalysts. (#15155/15421)
Ni—Ti—Yb and Ni—Zr—Yb oxide catalysts were prepared and screened in a manner similar to the catalysts in Examples 1 and 3, using ytterbium nitrate ([Yb]=0.456 M) aqueous stock solution. Table 8A summarizes the composition and amounts of the various catalyst compositions.
In the initial screening (calcination at 300° C., 8 hours, screening in fixed bed parallel reactor at 300° C. with flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm, as described), ethane conversion (C) and ethylene selectivity (S) values for the NiTiYb oxide compositions ranged from 4.1% C, 41.6% S to 16.8% C, 83.4% S. Ethane conversion (C) and ethylene selectivity (S) values for the NiZrYb oxide compositions ranged from 5.0% C, 46.8% S to 13.2% C, 75.6% S.
In a second screening in the fixed bed parallel reactor at 300° C. with different flowrates (ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.082:0.022 sccm), ethane conversion (C) and ethylene selectivity (S) values for the NiTiYb oxide compositions ranged from 6.0% C, 72.9% S to 10.6% C, 91.8% S. Ethane conversion (C) and ethylene selectivity (S) values for the NiZrYb oxide compositions ranged from 6.7% C, 75.9% S to 10.3% C, 89.9% S.
After recalcining (400° C., 8 hours, as described), the catalysts were rescreened (results not shown).
TABLE 8A
Catalyst composition (mole fraction) of NiTiYb/NiZrYb oxide
catalysts and sample mass, “m” (mg) used in
parallel fixed bed reactor screen.
Row Col 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Ni 1.0000 0.9259 0.8475 0.7642 0.6757 0.5814
Ti 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
Zr 0.0000 0.0741 0.1525 0.2358 0.3243 0.4186
Yb 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
m 50.0
2 Ni 0.9091 0.9518 0.8718 0.7869 0.6964 0.5998
Ti 0.0909 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
Zr 0.0000 0.0000 0.0785 0.1619 0.2507 0.3455
Yb 0.0000 0.0482 0.0497 0.0513 0.0529 0.0547
m 49.3 49.6 50.1 50.0 49.4 50.3
3 Ni 0.8163 0.8551 0.8977 0.8109 0.7184 0.6194
Ti 0.1837 0.0962 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
Zr 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0834 0.1724 0.2676
Yb 0.0000 0.0487 0.1023 0.1057 0.1092 0.1130
m 49.7 49.3 49.8 50.0 49.5 49.1
4 Ni 0.7216 0.7563 0.7944 0.8365 0.7418 0.6404
Ti 0.2784 0.1945 0.1021 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
Zr 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0890 0.1844
Yb 0.0000 0.0493 0.1035 0.1635 0.1691 0.1752
m 49.5 50.3 49.3 49.8 50.2 50.6
5 Ni 0.6250 0.6553 0.6887 0.7257 0.7669 0.6628
Ti 0.3750 0.2949 0.2066 0.1089 0.0000 0.0000
Zr 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0954
Yb 0.0000 0.0498 0.1047 0.1655 0.2331 0.2418
m 49.3 49.9 50.0 49.5 50.6 49.8
6 Ni 0.5263 0.5521 0.5806 0.6121 0.6473 0.6868
Ti 0.4737 0.3975 0.3135 0.2204 0.1165 0.0000
Zr 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
Yb 0.0000 0.0504 0.1059 0.1675 0.2361 0.3132
m 49.4 49.6 50.3 49.6 50.5 49.8
Example 9 ODHE over NiTiSm/NiZrSm Oxide Catalysts. (#15935/16221)
Ni—Ti—Sm and Ni—Zr—Sm oxide catalysts were prepared and screened in a manner similar to the catalysts in Examples 1 and 3, using samarium nitrate ([Sm]=0.506 M) aqueous stock solution. Table 9A summarizes the composition and amounts of the various catalyst compositions.
In the initial screening (calcination at 300° C., 8 hours, screening in fixed bed parallel reactor at 300° C. with flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm, as described), ethane conversion values for the NiTiSm oxide compositions ranged from 10.4% (with ethylene selectivity of 57.5%) to 19.0% (with ethylene selectivity of 81.8%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 57.5% (with ethane conversion of 10.4%) to 82.8% (with ethane conversion of 18.3%). Ethane conversion values for the NiZrSm oxide compositions ranged from 11.5% (with ethylene selectivity of 60.7%) to 13.7% (with ethylene selectivity of 71.0%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 60.7% (with ethane conversion of 11.5%) to 76.7% (with ethane conversion of 13.4%).
In a second screening in the fixed bed parallel reactor at 300° C. with different flowrates (ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.082:0.022 sccm), ethane conversion values for the NiTiSm oxide compositions ranged from 6.8% (with ethylene selectivity of 75.1%) to 11.5% (with ethylene selectivity of 92.2%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 75.1% (with ethane conversion of 6.8%) to 92.7% (with ethane conversion of 11.3%). Ethane conversion (C) and ethylene selectivity (S) values for the NiZrSm oxide compositions ranged from 7.7% C, 80.3% S to 10.3% C, 90.4% S.
After recalcining (400° C., 8 hours, as described), the catalysts were rescreened (results not shown).
TABLE 9A
Catalyst composition (mole fraction) of NiTiSm/NiZrSm
oxide catalysts and sample mass, “m” (mg) used in
parallel fixed bed reactor screen.
Row Col 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Ni 1.0000 0.9259 0.8475 0.7642 0.6757 0.5814
Ti 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
Zr 0.0000 0.0741 0.1525 0.2358 0.3243 0.4186
Sm 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
m 49.6 49.8 50.0 50.5 50.3 50.0
2 Ni 0.9091 0.9730 0.8919 0.8055 0.7134 0.6150
Ti 0.0909 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
Zr 0.0000 0.0000 0.0803 0.1657 0.2568 0.3542
Sm 0.0000 0.0270 0.0279 0.0288 0.0297 0.0308
m 49.8 50.8 49.5 49.7 50.3 49.7
3 Ni 0.8163 0.8743 0.9412 0.8516 0.7557 0.6527
Ti 0.1837 0.0984 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
Zr 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0876 0.1814 0.2820
Sm 0.0000 0.0273 0.0588 0.0608 0.0630 0.0653
m 49.5 50.4 49.7 50.1 50.3 49.9
4 Ni 0.7216 0.7735 0.8333 0.9032 0.8032 0.6954
Ti 0.2784 0.1989 0.1071 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
Zr 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0964 0.2003
Sm 0.0000 0.0276 0.0595 0.0968 0.1004 0.1043
m 49.5 49.5 50.7 49.5 50.7
5 Ni 0.6250 0.6704 0.7229 0.7843 0.8571 0.7440
Ti 0.3750 0.3017 0.2169 0.1176 0.0000 0.0000
Zr 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.1071
Sm 0.0000 0.0279 0.0602 0.0980 0.1429 0.1488
m 50.6 49.6 49.8 48.6 50.7 48.8
6 Ni 0.5263 0.5650 0.6098 0.6623 0.7246 0.8000
Ti 0.4737 0.4068 0.3293 0.2384 0.1304 0.0000
Zr 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
Sm 0.0000 0.0282 0.0610 0.0993 0.1449 0.2000
m 50.4 49.5 50. 4 51.0 49.9 49.3
Example 10 ODHE over NiTiSmX (X=Cs, Mg, Ca, Sb, Bi, V, Nb, Ta) and NiTiNbTaSm Oxide Catalysts (#16297/16506/16650)
Catalyst compositions comprising various NiTiSmX oxides, where X is Cs, Mg, Ca, Sb, Bi, V or Nb were prepared in small (˜100 mg) quantities by precipitation substantially as described in connection with Example 1. Table 10A summarizes the composition and amounts of the various catalyst compositions.
In an initial screening (calcination at 300° C., 8 hours, screening in fixed bed parallel reactor at 300° C. with flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm, as described), ethane conversion values for the NiTiSmCs oxide compositions ranged from 13.8% (with ethylene selectivity of 76.5%) to 18.2% (with ethylene selectivity of 83.7%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 76.5% (with ethane conversion of 13.8%) to 84.7% (with ethane conversion of 18.0%). Ethane conversion values for the NiTiSmMg oxide compositions ranged from 15.9% (with ethylene selectivity of 85.2%) to 19.1% (with ethylene selectivity of 85.4%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 83.9% (with ethane conversion of 17.3%) to 85.7% (with ethane conversion of 17.3%). Ethane conversion values for the NiTiSmCa oxide compositions ranged from 14.5% (with ethylene selectivity of 78.7%) to 19.1% (with ethylene selectivity of 83.5%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 78.7% (with ethane conversion of 14.5%) to 85.6% (with ethane conversion of 15.9%). Ethane conversion values for the NiTiSmSb oxide compositions ranged from 15.6% (with ethylene selectivity of 83.2%) to 18.7% (with ethylene selectivity of 83.1%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 81.5% (with ethane conversion of 16.3%) to 85.1% (with ethane conversion of 17.9%). Ethane conversion values for the NiTiSmBi oxide compositions ranged from 11.1% (with ethylene selectivity of 60.1%) to 17.9% (with ethylene selectivity of 86.1%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 59.0% (with ethane conversion of 11.3%) to 86.1% (with ethane conversion of 17.9%). Ethane conversion values for the NiTiSmV oxide compositions ranged from 12.1% (with ethylene selectivity of 76.5%) to 16.9% (with ethylene selectivity of 83.5%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 74.8% (with ethane conversion of 13.3%) to 83.5% (with ethane conversion of 16.9%). Ethane conversion (C) and ethylene selectivity (S) values for the NiTiSmNb oxide compositions ranged from 16.0% C, 80.4 % S to 20.0% C, 85.5% S. Ethane conversion values for the NiTiSmTa oxide compositions ranged from 6.1% (with ethylene selectivity of 72.7%) to 20.0% (with ethylene selectivity of 85.5%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 72.7% (with ethane conversion of 6.1%) to 87.3% (with ethane conversion of 18.8%).
In a second screening in the fixed bed parallel reactor at 300° C. with different flowrates (ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.23:0.061 sccm), ethane conversion values for the NiTiSmCs oxide compositions ranged from 15.0% (with ethylene selectivity of 80.4%) to 19.3% (with ethylene selectivity of 88.4%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 80.4% (with ethane conversion of 15.0%) to 90.2% (with ethane conversion of 18.3%). Ethane conversion values for the NiTiSmMg oxide compositions ranged from 17.3% (with ethylene selectivity of 89.4%) to 20.0% (with ethylene selectivity of 88.5%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 87.3% (with ethane conversion of 18.3%) to 90.2% (with ethane conversion of 17.9%). Ethane conversion values for the NiTiSmCa oxide compositions ranged from 15.2% (with ethylene selectivity of 83.9%) to 20.0% (with ethylene selectivity of 86.9%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 83.9% (with ethane conversion of 15.2%) to 89.9% (with ethane conversion of 17.9%). Ethane conversion values for the NiTiSmSb oxide compositions ranged from 15.9% (with ethylene selectivity of 86.9%) to 19.1% (with ethylene selectivity of 88.1%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 85.2% (with ethane conversion of 17.3%) to 88.1% (with ethane conversion of 19.1%). Ethane conversion values for the NiTiSmBi oxide compositions ranged from 13.2% (with ethylene selectivity of 81.4%) to 19.9% (with ethylene selectivity of 85.8%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 78.1% (with ethane conversion of 14.1%) to 85.9% (with ethane conversion of 16.7%). Ethane conversion values for the NiTiSmV oxide compositions ranged from 14.5% (with ethylene selectivity of 81.8%) to 17.9% (with ethylene selectivity of 84.3%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 78.7% (with ethane conversion of 15.1%) to 86.1% (with ethane conversion of 17.1%). Ethane conversion (C) and ethylene selectivity (S) values for the NiTiSmNb oxide compositions ranged from 17.3% C, 84.7% S to 19.6% C, 89.1% S. Ethane conversion (C) and ethylene selectivity (S) values for the NiTiSmNb oxide compositions ranged from 7.3% C, 72.8% S to 20.3% C, 89.5% S.
TABLE 10A
Catalyst composition (mole fraction) of NiTiSmX
oxide catalysts, where X is Cs, Mg, Ca, Sb, Bi,
V or Nb, and sample mass, “m” (mg) used
in parallel fixed bed reactor screen.
Row Col 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Ni 0.6667 0.6593 0.6522 0.6452 0.6383 0.6316
Ti 0.3056 0.3022 0.2989 0.2957 0.2926 0.2895
Sm 0.0278 0.0275 0.0272 0.0269 0.0266 0.0263
Cs 0.0000 0.0110 0.0217 0.0323 0.0426 0.0526
m 48.8 49.5 50.3 50.2 50.2 50.5
2 Ni 0.6621 0.6557 0.6495 0.6434 0.6375 0.6316
Ti 0.3034 0.3005 0.2977 0.2949 0.2922 0.2895
Mg 0.0069 0.0164 0.0257 0.0349 0.0438 0.0526
Sm 0.0276 0.0273 0.0271 0.0268 0.0266 0.0263
in 49.4 50.2 50.6 49.5 49.3 50.3
3 Ni 0.6621 0.6557 0.6495 0.6434 0.6375 0.6316
Ti 0.3034 0.3005 0.2977 0.2949 0.2922 0.2895
Ca 0.0069 0.0164 0.0257 0.0349 0.0438 0.0526
Sm 0.0276 0.0273 0.0271 0.0268 0.0266 0.0263
m 49.7 49.2 50.8 50.5 50.2 50.6
4 Ni 0.6624 0.6560 0.6498 0.6437 0.6377 0.6318
Ti 0.3036 0.3007 0.2978 0.2950 0.2923 0.2896
Sm 0.0276 0.0273 0.0271 0.0268 0.0266 0.0263
Sb 0.0065 0.0160 0.0253 0.0345 0.0435 0.0524
m 50.7 49.6 49.6 49.8 50.6 49.7
5 Ni 0.6621 0.6557 0.6495 0.6434 0.6375 0.6316
Ti 0.3034 0.3005 0.2977 0.2949 0.2922 0.2895
Sm 0.0276 0.0273 0.0271 0.0268 0.0266 0.0263
Bi 0.0069 0.0164 0.0257 0.0349 0.0438 0.0526
m 49.5 50.5 49.8 49.5 51.3 49.5
6 Ni 0.6621 0.6557 0.6495 0.6434 0.6375 0.6316
Ti 0.3034 0.3005 0.2977 0.2949 0.2922 0.2895
Sm 0.0276 0.0273 0.0271 0.0268 0.0266 0.0263
V 0.0069 0.0164 0.0257 0.0349 0.0438 0.0526
m 50.3 45.0 49.5 49.7 50.6 50.0
7 Ni 0.6554 0.6360 0.6177 0.6005 0.5842 0.5687
Nb 0.0169 0.0460 0.0734 0.0993 0.1237 0.1469
Ti 0.3004 0.2915 0.2831 0.2752 0.2677 0.2607
Sm 0.0273 0.0265 0.0257 0.0250 0.0243 0.0237
m 49.5 50.3 49.5 49.4 50.5 49.6
8 Ni 0.6541 0.6350 0.6170 0.6000 0.5839 0.5686
Ti 0.2998 0.2911 0.2828 0.2750 0.2676 0.2606
Ta 0.0188 0.0475 0.0745 0.1000 0.1242 0.1471
Sm 0.0273 0.0265 0.0257 0.0250 0.0243 0.0237
m 49.2 50.2 49.9 51.1 50.1 50.0
In another independent experiment, a NiTiNbTaSm oxide catalyst having the composition Ni0.68Ti0.10Nb0.10Ta0.10Sm0.02Ox was prepared and screened in the parallel fixed bed reactor. Briefly, the following aqueous stock solutions were added to a glass vial in the amounts indicated: nickel nitrate ([Ni]=1.0M, 2.0 ml), titanium oxalate ([Ti]=0.713M with oxalic acid 0.18M), niobium oxalate ([Nb]=0.569M with oxalic acid 0.173M, 0.517 ml), tantalum oxalate ([Ta]=0.650M with oxalic acid 0.14M, 0.452 ml) and samarium nitrate ([Sm]=0.506M, 0.116 ml). Tetramethylammonium hydroxide ([NMe4OH]=1.44M, 3.06 ml) was injected into the catalyst precursor composition, resulting in precipitation. To insure adequate mixing, distilled water (3.0 ml) was also injected into the mixture. The resulting precipitate mixture was settled at 25° C. for 2 hours, and then centrifuged at 3000 rpm. The solution was decanted and the solids were dried under vacuum at 60° C. in a vacuum oven. The dried materials were then calcined by heating to 320° C. at 5° C./min and maintaining at 320° C. for 8 hours in air. After subsequent cooling to 25° C., solid NiTiNbTaSm oxide (0.296 g) was obtained and 48.7 mg thereof was tested for ethane oxidative dehydrogenation in the parallel fixed bed reactor at 300° C. with an ethane:oxygen flow of 0.42:0.083 sccm. Ethane conversion (C) and ethylene selectivity (S) were determined to be 22.3% C and 85.2% S.
Example 11 ODHE over NiTiSn/NiZrSn Oxide Catalysts (# 16470/16505)
Catalyst compositions comprising various NiTiSn and NiZrSn oxides were prepared and screened substantially as described in connection with Example 1, with tin acetate ([Sn =0.249 M]) aqueous stock solution. The various catalyst compositions and amounts are summarized in Table 11A (NiTiSn oxides) and Table 11B (NiZrSn oxides).
For the NiTiSn oxide catalysts, in an initial screening (calcination at 300° C., 8 hours, screening in fixed bed parallel reactor at 300° C. with flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm, as described), ethane conversion values for the NiTiSn oxide compositions ranged from 11.1% (with ethylene selectivity of 79.4%) to 19.2% (with ethylene selectivity of 85.4%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 79.2% (with ethane conversion of 14.8%) to 86.1% (with ethane conversion of 18.2%).
In a second screening of these catalysts in the fixed bed parallel reactor at 300° C. with different flowrates (ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 1.04:0.21:0.055 sccm), ethane conversion values for the NiTiSn oxide compositions ranged from 8.5% (with ethylene selectivity of 90.8%) to 10.2% (with ethylene selectivity of 94.0%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 90.8% (with ethane conversion of 8.5%) to 94.3% (with ethane conversion of 9.9%).
In a third screening of these catalysts in the fixed bed parallel reactor at a different temperature, 275° C., and with different flowrates (ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 1.05:0.082:0.022), ethane conversion values for the NiTiSn oxide compositions ranged from 3.5% (with ethylene selectivity of 86.0%) to 8.5% (with ethylene selectivity of 92.8%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 85.4% (with ethane conversion of 4.4%) to 93.4% (with ethane conversion of 7.9%).
For the NiZrSn oxide catalysts, in an initial screening (calcination at 300° C., 8 hours, screening in fixed bed parallel reactor at 300° C. with flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm, as described), ethane conversion values for the NiZrSn oxide compositions ranged from 15.0% (with ethylene selectivity of 77.3%) to 17.8% (with ethylene selectivity of 80.9%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 77.2% (with ethane conversion of 15.6%) to 81.9% (with ethane conversion of 17.1%).
In a second screening of these catalysts in the fixed bed parallel reactor at 300° C. with different flowrates (ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 1.04:1.34:0.22 sccm), ethane conversion values for the NiZrSn oxide compositions ranged from 8.2% (with ethylene selectivity of 87.8%) to 9.3% (with ethylene selectivity of 90.9%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 87.8% (with ethane conversion of 8.2%) to 91.8% (with ethane conversion of 9.1%).
In a third screening of these catalysts in the fixed bed parallel reactor at a different temperature, 275° C., and with different flowrates (ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 1.04:0.021:0.055), ethane conversion values for the NiZrSn oxide compositions ranged from 5.8% (with ethylene selectivity of 83.3%) to 7.8% (with ethylene selectivity of 88.3%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 82.2% (with ethane conversion of 6.3%) to 88.9% (with ethane conversion of 7.6%).
TABLE 11A
Catalyst composition (mole fraction) of NiTiSn
oxide catalysts and sample mass (mg) used in
parallel fixed bed reactor screen.
Row Column 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Ni 0.875
Ti 0.125
Sn 0.000
mass 51.7
(mg)
2 Ni 0.862 0.787
Ti 0.129 0.213
Sn 0.009 0.000
mass 54.2 48.2
(mg)
3 Ni 0.847 0.771 0.708
Ti 0.134 0.220 0.292
Sn 0.019 0.008 0.000
mass 53.9 46.1 46.6
(mg)
4 Ni 0.832 0.755 0.691 0.637
Ti 0.139 0.228 0.301 0.363
Sn 0.029 0.018 0.008 0.000
mass 53.0 50.0 51.0 48.0
(mg)
5 Ni 0.815 0.736 0.672 0.618 0.572
Ti 0.145 0.236 0.311 0.374 0.428
Sn 0.040 0.027 0.017 0.008 0.000
mass 45.0 52.3 50.0 52.8 46.1
(mg)
6 Ni 0.796 0.717 0.652 0.598 0.552 0.513
Ti 0.151 0.245 0.322 0.386 0.441 0.487
Sn 0.052 0.038 0.026 0.016 0.007 0.000
mass 49.5 46.4 52.0 44.9 50.6 49.1
(mg)
TABLE 11B
Catalyst composition (mole fractions) of NiZrSn
oxide catalysts and sample mass (mg) used in parallel
fixed bed reactor screen.
Row Column 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Ni 0.914
Zr 0.086
Sn 0.000
mass 45.8
(mg)
2 Ni 0.901 0.849
Zr 0.089 0.151
Sn 0.009 0.000
mass 52.9 51.2
(mg)
3 Ni 0.888 0.834 0.786
Zr 0.093 0.157 0.214
Sn 0.020 0.009 0.000
mass 50.9 50.6 47.6
(mg)
4 Ni 0.873 0.818 0.770 0.727
Zr 0.097 0.163 0.221 0.273
Sn 0.031 0.019 0.009 0.000
mass 55.6 54.4 53.1 51.2
(mg)
5 Ni 0.857 0.801 0.752 0.708 0.670
Zr 0.101 0.169 0.230 0.283 0.330
Sn 0.043 0.030 0.019 0.009 0.000
mass 55.1 51.8 49.2 53.8 49.2
(mg)
6 Ni 0.839 0.782 0.732 0.688 0.649 0.615
Zr 0.105 0.176 0.239 0.293 0.342 0.385
Sn 0.056 0.042 0.029 0.018 0.009 0.000
mass 51.8 51.3 45.5 59.0 50.7 50.6
(mg)
Example 12 ODHE over Bulk NiTa, NiNb, NiNbTa (Various Forms), NiNbTaCe, NiTa(Ce, Dy), and NiNb(Ce, Sb, Dy, Sm) Oxide Catalysts
In a first group of experiments, various NiTa, NiTaNb, NiNbCe and NiNbSb oxide catalysts were prepared in large, bulk quantities (˜20 g), and ˜50 mg thereof was screened in the parallel fixed bed reactor at 300° C. with ethane:nitrogen:oxygen flow of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm, as follows. Catalyst compositions, sample mass, and resulting ethane conversion and ethylene selectivity are summarized in Table 12A.
(#12087) Ni0.83Ta0.17: Aqueous solution of nickel nitrate (1.0M, 167.0 ml) was mixed with tantalum oxalate (0.66M in water with 0.26M oxalic acid, 53.0 ml). To the stirring mixture of nickel nitrate and tantalum oxalate, tetramethylammonium hydroxide aqueous solution (1.42M, 210.0 ml) was added to give precipitation. The water in the mixture was removed by freeze-drying, and the resulting solid was then calcined under an atmosphere of air at the heating rate of 1° C./min to the temperature of 120° C., dwelled at 120C. for 2 hrs, at the heating rate of 1° C./min to 180° C., dwelled at 180° C. for 2 hrs, at the heating rate of 2° C./min to 400° C. and dwelled at 400° C. for 8 hrs, and then cooled to 25° C. Gray solid NiTa oxide (18.0 g) were obtained and 50.0 mg thereof was tested in the fixed bed parallel reactor for ethane oxidative dehydrogenation under the aforementioned conditions.
(#12277) Ni0.62Ta0.19Nb0.19: Aqueous solution of nickel nitrate (1.0M, 153.0 ml), tantalum oxalate aqueous solution (0.66M in water with 0.26M oxalic acid, 73.0 ml), and niobium oxalate aqueous solution (0.62M in water with 0.35M oxalic acid, 76.0 ml) were mixed in a 2 L beaker. While the solution was vigorously stirred by a mechanical stir, ammonium carbonate aqueous solution (1.62M, 285.0 ml) was added in a controlled manner so that the foam was formed slowly to give precipitation. The mixture was transferred to containers, which was centrifuged at 4000 rpm for 15 minutes. The solution was decanted and solid materials were further dried at 60° C. under reduced pressure for 5 hours. The resulting solid materials were calcined under an atmosphere of air at 3° C./min to 350° C. and dwelled at 350° C. for 8 hours, and then cooled to 25° C. Dark gray solid NiTaNb oxide (19.0 g) was obtained, and 50.0 mg thereof was tested in the parallel fixed bed reactor for ethane oxidative dehydrogenation under the aforementioned conditions.
(#12442) Ni0.62Ta0.10Nb0.28: Aqueous solution of nickel nitrate (1.0M, 80.0 ml), tantalum oxalate aqueous solution (0.66M in water with 0.26M oxalic acid, 19.0 ml), and niobium oxalate aqueous solution (0.62M in water with 0.35M oxalic acid, 57.0 ml) were mixed in a 2 L beaker. While the solution was vigorously stirred by a mechanical stir, ammonium carbonate aqueous solution (1.62M, 143.0 ml) was added in a controlled manner so that the foam was formed slowly to give precipitation. The mixture was transferred to containers, which was centrifuged at 4000 rpm for 15 minutes. The solution was decanted and solid materials were further dried at 60° C. under reduced pressure for 5 hours. The resulting solid materials were calcined under an atmosphere of air at 2° C./min to 300° C. and dwelled at 300° C. for 8 hours, and then cooled to 25° C. Dark gray solid NiTaNb oxide (12.0 g) was obtained and about 50 mg thereof was tested in the parallel fixed bed reactor for ethane oxidative dehydrogenation under the aforementioned conditions.
(#14560) Ni0.65Nb0.33Ce0.02Ox: Aqueous solution of nickel nitrate (1.0M, 150.0 ml), niobium oxalate aqueous solution (0.58M in water with 0.14M oxalic acid, 131.0 ml), and cerium nitrate (1.0M, 4.6 ml) were mixed in a 2 L beaker. While the solution was vigorously stirred by a mechanical stir, ammonium carbonate aqueous solution (1.62M, 214.7 ml) was added in a controlled manner so that the foam was formed slowly to give precipitation. The mixture was transferred to containers, which was centrifuged at 4000 rpm for 15 minutes. The solution was decanted and solid materials were further dried at 60° C. under reduced pressure for 5 hours. The resulting solid materials were calcined under an atmosphere of air at 2° C./min to 300° C. and dwelled at 300° C. for 8 hours, and then cooled to 25° C. Dark gray solid NiNbCe oxide (20.94 g) was obtained and 45.8 mg thereof was tested in the parallel fixed bed reactor for ethane oxidative dehydrogenation under the aforementioned conditions.
(#14620) Ni0.65Nb0.33Ce0.02Ox: NiNbCe oxide (10.41 g) prepared as described above in connection with library #14560 was further calcined to 400° C. at 2° C./min and dwelled at 400° C. for 8 hrs under an atmosphere of air. Solid NiNbCe oxide (10.19 g) was obtained, and 49.2 mg thereof was tested in the parallel fixed bed reactor for ethane oxidative dehydrogenation under the aforementioned conditions.
(#14587) Ni0.71Nb0.27Sb0.02Ox: Aqueous solution of nickel nitrate (1.0M, 150.0 ml), niobium oxalate aqueous solution (0.58M in water with 0.14M oxalic acid, 98.3 ml), and antimony acetate aqueous solution (0.234M with oxalic acid 1.27M, 18.1 ml) were mixed in a 2 L beaker. While the solution was vigorously stirred by a mechanical stir, ammonium carbonate aqueous solution (1.62M, 228.4 ml) was added in a controlled manner so that the foam was formed slowly to give precipitation. The mixture was transferred to containers, which was centrifuged at 4000 rpm for 15 minutes. The solution was decanted and solid materials were further dried at 60° C. under reduced pressure for 5 hours. The resulting solid materials were calcined under an atmosphere of air at 2° C./min to 300° C. and dwelled at 300° C. for 8 hours, and then cooled to 25° C. Dark gray solid NiNbSb oxide (18.75 g) was obtained and 54.8 mg thereof was tested in the parallel fixed bed reactor for ethane oxidative dehydrogenation under the aforementioned conditions.
(#14624) Ni0.71Nb0.27Sb0.02Ox: NiNbSb oxide (8.86 g) prepared as described above in connection with library #14587 was further calcined to 400° C. at 2° C./min and dwelled at 400° C. for 8 hrs under an atmosphere of air. Solid NiNbSb oxide (8.60 g) was obtained, and 54.1 mg thereof was tested in the parallel fixed bed reactor for ethane oxidative dehydrogenation under the aforementioned conditions.
TABLE 12A
Catalyst composition (mole fractions), sample mass (mg) and performance
characteristics of various NiTa, NiTaNb, NiNbCe and NiNbSb oxide
catalysts. Test conditions: 300° C. with ethane:nitrogen:oxygen
flow of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm.
Library # Composition Mass (mg) Conversion Selectivity
12087 Ni0.83Ta0.17Ox 50.0 11.1% 85.0%
12277 Ni0.62Ta0.19Nb0.19Ox 50.0 10.0% 85.4%
12442 Ni0.62Ta0.10Nb0.28Ox 50.0 17.0% 83.7%
14560 Ni0.65Nb0.33Ce0.02Ox 45.8 18.6% 83.0%
14620 Ni0.65Nb0.33Ce0.02Ox 49.2 13.8% 82.0%
14587 Ni0.71Nb0.27Sb0.02Ox 54.8 20.2% 81.6%
14624 Ni0.71Nb0.27Sb0.02Ox 54.1 14.4% 82.5%
In another group of experiments, various NiTa, NiTaCe, NiTaDy, NiNbTaCe, NiNbDy, NiNb and titania supported NiNbSm oxide catalysts were prepared in large, bulk quantities (˜20 g), and various amounts thereof were screened in the parallel fixed bed reactor at 300° C. with ethane:nitrogen:oxygen flow of 0.42:0.08:0.022 sccm, as follows. Catalyst compositions, sample mass, and resulting ethane conversion and ethylene selectivity are summarized in Table 12B.
(#15891) Ni0.86Ta0.14Ox: Aqueous solution of nickel nitrate (1.0M, 150.0 ml), and tantalum oxalate aqueous solution (0.69M in water with 0.19M oxalic acid, 35.0 ml) were mixed in a 1 L beaker. While the solution was vigorously stirred by a mechanical stir, ammonium carbonate aqueous solution (1.62M, 150.0 ml) was added in a controlled manner so that the foam was formed slowly to give precipitation. The mixture was transferred to containers, which was centrifuged at 3000 rpm for 15 minutes. The solution was decanted and solid materials were further dried at 60° C. under reduced pressure for 5 hours. The resulting solid materials were calcined under an atmosphere of air at 2° C./min to 320° C. and dwelled at 320° C. for 8 hours, and then cooled to 25° C. Dark gray solid NiTa oxide (15.0 g) was obtained and 45.6 mg thereof was tested in the parallel fixed bed reactor for ethane oxidative dehydrogenation under the aforementioned reaction conditions.
(#15915) Ni0.65Ta0.31Ce0.04Ox: Aqueous solution of nickel nitrate (1.0M, 120.0 ml), tantalum oxalate aqueous solution (0.69M in water with 0.19M oxalic acid, 83.0 ml), and cerium nitrate aqueous solution (0.50M, 15.0 ml) were mixed in a 1 L beaker. While the solution was vigorously stirred by a mechanical stir, ammonium carbonate aqueous solution (1.62M, 174.0 ml) was added in a controlled manner so that the foam was formed slowly to give precipitation. The mixture Was transferred to containers, which was centrifuged at 3000 rpm for 15 minutes. The solution was decanted and solid materials were further dried at 60° C. under reduced pressure for 5 hours. The resulting solid materials were calcined under an atmosphere of air at 2° C./min to 320° C. and dwelled at 320° C. for 8 hours, and then cooled to 25° C. Dark gray solid NiTaCe oxide (21.9 g) was obtained and 51.3 mg thereof was tested in the parallel fixed bed reactor for ethane oxidative dehydrogenation under the aforementioned reaction conditions.
(#15916) Ni0.73Ta0.24Dy0.03Ox: Aqueous solution of nickel nitrate (1.0M, 150.0 ml), tantalum oxalate aqueous solution (0.51M in water with 0.67M oxalic acid, 97.0 ml), and dysprosium acetate aqueous solution (0.294M, 21.0 ml) were mixed in a 1 L beaker. While the solution was vigorously stirred by a mechanical stir, ammonium carbonate aqueous solution (1.62M, 269.0 ml) was added in a controlled manner so that the foam was formed slowly to give precipitation. The mixture was transferred to containers, which was centrifuged at 3000 rpm for 15 minutes. The solution was decanted and solid materials were further dried at 60° C. under reduced pressure for 5 hours. The resulting solid materials were calcined under an atmosphere of air at 2° C./min to 320° C. and dwelled at 320° C. for 8 hours, and then cooled to 25° C. Dark gray solid NiTaDy oxide (21.9 g) was obtained and 50.0 mg thereof was tested in the parallel fixed bed reactor for ethane oxidative dehydrogenation under the aforementioned reaction conditions.
(#15922) Ni0.74Nb0.08Ta0.17Ce0.01Ox: Aqueous solution of nickel nitrate (1.0M, 150.0 ml), tantalum oxalate aqueous solution (0.51M in water with 0.67M oxalic acid, 68.0 ml), niobium oxalate aqueous solution (0.62M in water with 0.21M oxalic acid, 26.0 ml), and cerium nitrate aqueous solution (0.50M, 4.0 ml) were mixed in a 1 L beaker. While the solution was vigorously stirred by a mechanical stir, ammonium carbonate aqueous solution (1.62M, 235.0 ml) was added in a controlled manner so that the foam was formed slowly to give precipitation. The mixture was transferred to containers, which was centrifuged at 3000 rpm for 15 minutes. The solution was decanted and solid materials were further dried at 60° C. under reduced pressure for 5 hours. The resulting solid materials were calcined under an atmosphere of air at 2° C./min to 320° C. and dwelled at 320° C. for 8 hours, and then cooled to 25° C. Dark gray solid NiNbTaCe oxide (20.7 g) was obtained and 68.5 mg thereof was tested in the parallel fixed bed reactor for ethane oxidative dehydrogenation under the aforementioned reaction conditions.
(#15927) Ni0.68Nb0.25Dy0.07Ox: Aqueous solution of nickel nitrate (1.0M, 150.0 ml), niobium oxalate aqueous solution (0.62M in water with 0.21M oxalic acid, 89.0 ml), and dysprosium acetate aqueous solution (0.294M, 53.0 ml) were mixed in a 1 L beaker. While the solution was vigorously stirred by a mechanical stir, ammonium carbonate aqueous solution (1.62M, 206.0 ml) was added in a controlled manner so that the foam was formed slowly to give precipitation. The mixture was transferred to containers, which was centrifuged at 3000 rpm for 15 minutes. The solution was decanted and solid materials were further dried at 60° C. under reduced pressure for 5 hours. The resulting solid materials were calcined under an atmosphere of air at 2° C./min to 320° C. and dwelled at 320° C. for 8 hours, and then cooled to 25° C. Dark gray solid NiNbDy oxide (19.4 g) was obtained and 47.0 mg thereof tested in the parallel fixed bed reactor for ethane oxidative dehydrogenation under the aforementioned reaction conditions.
(#15931) Ni0.82Nb0.18Ox: Aqueous solution of nickel nitrate (1.0M, 150.0 ml), and niobium oxalate aqueous solution (0.62M in water with 0.21M oxalic acid, 53.0 ml) were mixed in a 1 L beaker. While the solution was vigorously stirred by a mechanical stir, ammonium carbonate aqueous solution (1.62M, 164.0 ml) was added in a controlled manner so that the foam was formed slowly to give precipitation. The mixture was transferred to containers, which was centrifuged at 3000 rpm for 15 minutes. The solution was decanted and solid materials were further dried at 60° C. under reduced pressure for 5 hours. The resulting solid materials were calcined under an atmosphere of air at 2° C./min to 320° C. and dwelled at 320° C. for 8 hours, and then cooled to 25° C. Dark gray solid NiNb oxide (14.1 g) was obtained and 47.3 mg thereof was tested in the parallel fixed bed reactor for ethane oxidative dehydrogenation under the aforementioned reaction conditions.
(#15944) Ni0.63Nb0.34Sm0.03Ox/TiO2:TiO2 support in pellet form was dried at 100° C. for over 8 hrs. After cooling to 25° C., TiO2 support was impregnated with the mixed metal nitrate or oxalate solution. Catalyst loading was about 6% by weight, relative to total weight of the catalyst. After centrifugation, the solid materials obtained were dried at 60° C. under vacuum, and then calcined to 300° C. at 2° C./min and dwelled at 300° C. for 8 hrs. The NiNbSm oxide was obtained and ˜143 mg thereof was tested in the parallel fixed bed reactor for ethane oxidative dehydrogenation under the aforementioned reaction conditions.
TABLE 12B
Catalyst composition (mole fractions), sample mass (mg) and performance
characteristics of various NiTa, NiTaCe, NiTaDy, NiNbTaCe, NiNbDy,
NiNb and titania supported NiNbSm oxide catalysts. Test conditions:
300° C. with ethane:nitrogen:oxygen flow of 0.42:0.08:0.022 sccm.
Library # Composition Mass (mg) Conversion Selectivity
15891 Ni0.86Ta0.14Ox 45.6 mg 10.3% 91.3%
15915 Ni0.68Ta0.31Ce0.04Ox 51.3 mg 10.5% 93.2%
15916 Ni0.73Ta0.24Dy0.03Ox 50.0 mg 10.2% 93.3%
15922 Ni0.74Nb0.08Ta0.17- 68.5 mg 10.8% 94.3%
Ce0.01Ox
15927 Ni0.68Nb0.25Dy0.07Ox 47.0 mg 10.5% 91.8%
15931 Ni0.82Nb0.18Ox 47.3 mg 10.2% 93.1%
15944 Ni0.63Nb0.34Sm0.03Ox/ 142.8 mg  8.6% 93.0%
TiO2*
*Catalyst loading on the support is about 6% by weight.
In a third group of experiments, NiNbTa oxide catalysts of a single composition were prepared in large, bulk quantities (˜20 g) and in various physical forms, and various amounts thereof were screened in the parallel fixed bed reactor at 300° C. with ethane:nitrogen:oxygen flow of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm, as follows. The catalyst composition, physical form, sample mass and resulting ethane conversion and ethylene selectivity are summarized in Table 12C.
(#16116) Ni0.63Nb0.19Ta0.18Ox: Aqueous solution of nickel nitrate (1.0M, 150.0 ml), niobium oxalate aqueous solution (0.62M in water with 0.21M oxalic acid, 73.0 ml), and tantalum oxalate aqueous solution (0.51M in water with 0.67M oxalic acid, 84.0 ml), were mixed in a 1 L beaker. While the solution was vigorously stirred by a mechanical stir, tetramethylammonium hydroxide aqueous solution (1.28M, 390.0 ml) was added quickly to give precipitation. Additional water (100 ml) was added and mixed with the resulting mixture. The mixture was transferred to containers, which was centrifuged at 3000 rpm for 15 minutes. The solution was decanted and solid materials were further dried at 60° C. under reduced pressure for 5 hours. The resulting solid materials were calcined under an atmosphere of air at 2° C./min to 320° C. and dwelled at 320° C. for 8 hours, and then cooled to 25° C. Dark gray solid NiNbTa oxide (15.9 g) was obtained and 50.0 mg thereof was tested, as formed in bulk, in the parallel fixed bed reactor for ethane oxidative dehydrogenation under the aforementioned reaction conditions.
For comparison of the effect of physical form of the catalyst, a portion of the NiNbTa oxide bulk catalyst prepared as above was pressed and broken into small pieces (but not ground) to fit into the reaction vessels of the parallel fixed bed reactor, and 73.9 mg thereof was tested, in pressed and broken form, in the parallel fixed bed reactor for ethane oxidative dehydrogenation under the aforementioned reaction conditions. Additionally, another portion of the NiNbTa oxide bulk catalyst prepared as described above was pressed and ground, and 68.0 mg thereof was tested, in pressed and ground form, in the parallel fixed bed reactor for ethane oxidative dehydrogenation under the aforementioned reaction conditions.
TABLE 12C
Physical form, sample mass (mg) and performance characteristics of
Ni0.63Nb0.19Ta0.18Ox catalysts (#16116). Test conditions: 300° C. with
ethane:nitrogen:oxygen flow of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm.
Composition Form Mass (mg) Conversion Selectivity
Ni0.63Nb0.19Ta0.18Ox bulk 50.0 18.4 84.1
Ni0.63Nb0.19Ta0.18Ox P*, B* 73.9 20.1 85.0
Ni0.63Nb0.19Ta0.18Ox P*, G* 68.0 19.1 84.6
P* = pressed; B* = broken (not ground); G* = ground.
Example 13 ODHE over NiNbSmX Oxide Catalyst, X=Cs, Mg, Ca, Sb, Bi, V, Ti, Ta (#16298/16507)
Catalyst compositions comprising various NiNbSmX oxides, where X is Cs, Mg, Ca, Sb, Bi, V, Ti or Ta were prepared in bulk (˜20 g) quantities by precipitation substantially as described in connection with Example 1. Nickel nitrate ([Ni]=1.0 M), niobium oxalate ([Nb]=0.569 M), samarium nitrate ([Sm]=0.506 M), cesium nitrate ([Cs]=1.00 M), magnesium nitrate ([Mg]=1.00 M), calcium nitrate ([Ca]=1.00 M), antimony acetate ([Sb]=0.234 M), bismuth citrate ([Bi]=0.293 M), vanadium oxalate ([V]=1.00 M), titanium oxalate ([Ti]=0.713 M), and tantalum oxalate ([Ta]=0.650 M) aqueous stock solutions were used. Table 13A summarizes the composition and amounts of the various catalyst compositions.
In an initial screening (calcination at 300° C., 8 hours, screening in fixed bed parallel reactor at 300° C. with flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm, as described), ethane conversion (C) and ethylene selectivity (S) values for the NiNbSmCs oxide compositions ranged from 16.3% C, 78.5% S to 19.2% C, 84.9% S. Ethane conversion values for the NiNbSmMg oxide compositions ranged from 17.5% (with ethylene selectivity of 83.1%) to 19.4% (with ethylene selectivity of 84.8%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 83.1% (with ethane conversion of 17.5%) to 84.9% (with ethane conversion of 18.7%). Ethane conversion (C) and ethylene selectivity (S) values for the NiNbSmCa oxide compositions ranged from 18.2% C, 83.3% S to 20.0% C, 84.5% S. Ethane conversion (C) and ethylene selectivity (S) values for the NiNbSmSb oxide compositions ranged from 16.3% C, 80.3% S to 19.0% C, 86.4% S. Ethane conversion (C) and ethylene selectivity (S) values for the NiNbSmBi oxide compositions ranged from 17.1% C, 79.4% S to 19.5% C, 84.6% S. Ethane conversion values for the NiNbSmV oxide compositions ranged from 13.8% (with ethylene selectivity of 80.3%) to 17.7% (with ethylene selectivity of 84.3%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 79.9% (with ethane conversion of 14.0%) to 84.3% (with ethane conversion of 17.7%). Ethane conversion (C) and ethylene selectivity (S) values for the NiNbSmTi oxide compositions ranged from 17.6% C, 82.8% S to 19.1% C, 84.9% S. Ethane conversion values for the NiNbSmTa oxide compositions ranged from 17.3% (with ethylene selectivity of 83.6%) to 20.2% (with ethylene selectivity of 84.3%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 83.4% (with ethane conversion of 17.8%) to 84.9% (with ethane conversion of 18.2%).
In a second screening in the fixed bed parallel reactor at 300° C. with different flowrates (ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.23:0.061 sccm), ethane conversion (C) and ethylene selectivity (S) values for the NiNbSmCs oxide compositions ranged from 17.0 % C, 83.0% S to 19.8% C, 88.7% S. Ethane conversion values for the NiNbSmMg oxide compositions ranged from 16.0% (with ethylene selectivity of 88.3%) to 18.9% (with ethylene selectivity of 88.2%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 86.4% (with ethane conversion of 18.1%) to 88.3% (with ethane conversion of 18.8%). Ethane conversion values for the NiNbSmCa oxide compositions ranged from 18.2% (with ethylene selectivity of 86.3%) to 19.8% (with ethylene selectivity of 87.6%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 86.3% (with ethane conversion of 18.2%) to 87.8% (with ethane conversion of 18.7%). Ethane conversion values for the NiNbSmSb oxide compositions ranged from 17.0% (with ethylene selectivity of 84.2%) to 19.5% (with ethylene selectivity of 89.3%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 84.2% (with ethane conversion of 17.0%) to 89.5% (with ethane conversion of 19.4%). Ethane conversion values for the NiNbSmBi oxide compositions ranged from 17.1% (with ethylene selectivity of 82.4%) to 19.8% (with ethylene selectivity of 87.7%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 82.4% (with ethane conversion of 17.1%) to 88.7% (with ethane conversion of 18.5%). Ethane conversion values for the NiNbSmV oxide compositions ranged from 14.0% (with ethylene selectivity of 76.7%) to 18.7% (with ethylene selectivity of 86.8%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 76.7% (with ethane conversion of 14.0%) to 88.2% (with ethane conversion of 17.8%). Ethane conversion values for the NiNbSmTi oxide compositions ranged from 17.7% (with ethylene selectivity of 87.3%) to 19.4% (with ethylene selectivity of 88.0%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 86.3% (with ethane conversion of 18.6%) to 88.2% (with ethane conversion of 19.1%). Ethane conversion values for the NiNbSmTa oxide compositions ranged from 18.1% (with ethylene selectivity of 86.8%) to 19.0% (with ethylene selectivity of 87.7%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 86.1% (with ethane conversion of 18.5%) to 87.8% (with ethane conversion of 18.1%).
TABLE 13A
Catalyst composition (mole fraction) of NiNbSmX
Oxide Catalysts, where X is Cs, Mg, Ca, Sb, Bi,
V, Ti or Ta , and sample mass, “m” (mg) used
in parallel fixed bed reactor screen.
Row Col 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Ni 0.7528 0.7439 0.7352 0.7267 0.7184 0.7103
Nb 0.2164 0.2138 0.2113 0.2089 0.2065 0.2042
Sm 0.0308 0.0304 0.0301 0.0297 0.0294 0.0291
Cs 0.0000 0.0118 0.0234 0.0347 0.0457 0.0565
m 49.4 49.9 49.3 50.6 50.6 50.8
2 Ni 0.7464 0.7389 0.7315 0.7243 0.7172 0.7103
Nb 0.2146 0.2124 0.2103 0.2082 0.2062 0.2042
Mg 0.0085 0.0185 0.0283 0.0379 0.0473 0.0565
Sm 0.0305 0.0302 0.0299 0.0296 0.0293 0.0291
m 49.6 49.8 49.3 49.7 49.9 50.4
3 Ni 0.7464 0.7389 0.7315 0.7243 0.7172 0.7103
Nb 0.2146 0.2124 0.2103 0.2082 0.2062 0.2042
Ca 0.0085 0.0185 0.0283 0.0379 0.0473 0.0565
Sm 0.0305 0.0302 0.0299 0.0296 0.0293 0.0291
m 49.3 50.2 50.7 49.9 49.2 50.1
4 Ni 0.7468 0.7392 0.7317 0.7244 0.7172 0.7102
Nb 0.2147 0.2125 0.2103 0.2082 0.2062 0.2041
Sm 0.0306 0.0302 0.0299 0.0296 0.0293 0.0291
Sb 0.0079 0.0181 0.0280 0.0378 0.0473 0.0567
m 50.8 49.8 50.2 50.9 50.8 49.9
5 Ni 0.7464 0.7389 0.7315 0.7243 0.7172 0.7103
Nb 0.2146 0.2124 0.2103 0.2082 0.2062 0.2042
Sm 0.0305 0.0302 0.0299 0.0296 0.0293 0.0291
Bi 0.0085 0.0185 0.0283 0.0379 0.0473 0.0565
m 50.9 50.6 50.2 49.4 49.3 49.9
6 Ni 0.7464 0.7389 0.7315 0.7243 0.7172 0.7103
Nb 0.2146 0.2124 0.2103 0.2082 0.2062 0.2042
Sm 0.0305 0.0302 0.0299 0.0296 0.0293 0.0291
V 0.0085 0.0185 0.0283 0.0379 0.0473 0.0565
m 50.4 49.8 50.8 51.0 49.4 49.6
7 Ni 0.7401 0.7156 0.6926 0.6711 0.6508 0.6317
Nb 0.2128 0.2057 0.1991 0.1929 0.1871 0.1816
Ti 0.0168 0.0494 0.0800 0.1086 0.1355 0.1608
Sm 0.0303 0.0293 0.0283 0.0275 0.0266 0.0258
m 49.7 49.7 50.6 49.5 50.5 50.3
8 Ni 0.7389 0.7163 0.6950 0.6750 0.6561 0.6383
Nb 0.2124 0.2059 0.1998 0.1940 0.1886 0.1835
Ta 0.0185 0.0485 0.0767 0.1033 0.1284 0.1521
Sm 0.0302 0.0293 0.0284 0.0276 0.0268 0.0261
m 49.4 49.5 49.9 50.4 50.7 50.0
Example 14 ODHE over NiNbCu Oxide Catalysts. (#16360/16511)
Catalyst compositions comprising various NiNbCu oxides were prepared in small (˜100 mg) quantities by precipitation substantially as described in connection with Example 1, using copper nitrate ([Cu]=1.00 M) aqueous stock solution. Table 14A summarizes the composition and amounts of the various catalyst compositions.
In an initial screening (calcination at 300° C., 8 hours, screening in fixed bed parallel reactor at 300° C. with flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm, as described), ethane conversion (C) and ethylene selectivity (S) values for the NiNbCu oxide compositions ranged from 7.2% C, 47.9% S to 16.9% C, 79.7% S.
In a second screening in the fixed bed parallel reactor at 300° C. with different flowrates (ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.23:0.061 sccm), ethane conversion values for the NiNbCu oxide compositions ranged from 7.4% (with ethylene selectivity of 48.2%) to 16.9% (with ethylene selectivity of 83.2%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 48.2% (with ethane conversion of 7.4%) to 83.6% (with ethane conversion of 16.2%).
In a third screening in the fixed bed parallel reactor at 300° C. with different flowrates (ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.082:0.022 sccm), ethane conversion (C) and ethylene selectivity (S) values for the NiNbCu oxide compositions ranged from 4.1% C, 54.6% S to 10.2% C, 91.4% S.
TABLE 14A
Catalyst compositions (mole fraction) of NiNbCu
Oxide Catalysts and sample mass, “m” (mg)
used in parallel fixed bed reactor screen.
Row Col 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Ni 0.8574 0.7923 0.7263 0.6594 0.5915 0.5226
Nb 0.1426 0.2077 0.2737 0.3406 0.4085 0.4774
Cu 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
m 49.8 50.7 50.7 49.3 50.2 49.7
2 Ni 0.8530 0.7882 0.7226 0.6559 0.5884 0.5198
Nb 0.1419 0.2066 0.2723 0.3388 0.4064 0.4749
Cu 0.0051 0.0052 0.0052 0.0052 0.0053 0.0053
m 50.9 49.5 50.5 50.8 50.7 49.4
3 Ni 0.8487 0.7842 0.7188 0.6525 0.5853 0.5171
Nb 0.1412 0.2056 0.2709 0.3371 0.4042 0.4724
Cu 0.0102 0.0103 0.0103 0.0104 0.0105 0.0105
m 49.2 50.0 50.3 49.6 49.8 50.7
4 Ni 0.8444 0.7802 0.7151 0.6492 0.5822 0.5144
Nb 0.1404 0.2045 0.2695 0.3353 0.4021 0.4699
Cu 0.0152 0.0153 0.0154 0.0155 0.0156 0.0157
m 50.6 49.4 50.0 50.9 50.0 50.7
5 Ni 0.8401 0.7762 0.7115 0.6458 0.5792 0.5117
Nb 0.1397 0.2035 0.2681 0.3336 0.4000 0.4674
Cu 0.0202 0.0203 0.0204 0.0206 0.0207 0.0209
m 50.8 50.4 50.3 50.0 49.9 50.4
6 Ni 0.8359 0.7723 0.7079 0.6425 0.5762 0.5090
Nb 0.1390 0.2024 0.2667 0.3319 0.3980 0.4650
Cu 0.0251 0.0252 0.0254 0.0256 0.0258 0.0260
m 50.0 50.4 50.6 49.8 49.9 50.4
Example 15 ODHE over NiNbCo Oxide Catalysts (#16365/16512)
Catalyst compositions comprising various NiNbCo oxides were prepared in small (˜100 mg) quantities by precipitation substantially as described in connection with Example 1, using cobalt nitrate ([Co]=1.00 M) aqueous stock solution. Table 15A summarizes the composition and amounts of the various catalyst compositions.
In an initial screening (calcination at 300° C., 8 hours, screening in fixed bed parallel reactor at 300° C. with flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm, as described), ethane conversion values for the NiNbCo oxide compositions ranged from 7.6% (with ethylene selectivity of 80.7%) to 20.6% (with ethylene selectivity of 85.9%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 73.1% (with ethane conversion of 14.2%) to 85.9% (with ethane conversion of 20.6%).
In a second screening in the fixed bed parallel reactor at 300° C. with different flowrates (ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.23:0.061 sccm), ethane conversion values for the NiNbCo oxide compositions ranged from 8.8% (with ethylene selectivity of 81.9%) to 19.9% (with ethylene selectivity of 88.0%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 77.6% (with ethane conversion of 14.6%) to 88.0% (with ethane conversion of 19.9%).
In a third screening in the fixed bed parallel reactor at 300° C. with different flowrates (ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.082:0.022 sccm), ethane conversion values for the NiNbCo oxide compositions ranged from 7.7% (with ethylene selectivity of 89.4%) to 11.8% (with ethylene selectivity of 93.2%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 83.0% (with ethane conversion of 8.7%) to 92.9% (with ethane conversion of 11.7%).
TABLE 15A
Catalyst compositions (mole fraction) of NiNbCo oxide
catalysts and sample mass, “m” (mg) used in
parallel fixed bed reactor screen.
Row Col 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Ni 0.8552 0.7903 0.7245 0.6577 0.5900 0.5212
Nb 0.1422 0.2072 0.2730 0.3397 0.4075 0.4762
Co 0.0025 0.0025 0.0026 0.0026 0.0026 0.0026
m 50.5 49.9 50.9 49.6 50.4 49.4
2 Ni 0.8515 0.7868 0.7213 0.6547 0.5873 0.5189
Nb 0.1416 0.2062 0.2718 0.3382 0.4056 0.4740
Co 0.0069 0.0069 0.0070 0.0070 0.0071 0.0071
m 50.4 50.1 50.8 49.8 49.4 49.1
3 Ni 0.8478 0.7834 0.7181 0.6518 0.5847 0.5165
Nb 0.1410 0.2053 0.2706 0.3367 0.4038 0.4718
Co 0.0112 0.0113 0.0114 0.0115 0.0115 0.0116
m 50.9 50.0 50.0 50.5 49.3 49.6
4 Ni 0.8441 0.7799 0.7149 0.6489 0.5820 0.5142
Nb 0.1404 0.2044 0.2694 0.3352 0.4020 0.4697
Co 0.0155 0.0156 0.0157 0.0158 0.0160 0.0161
m 50.3 50.0 49.5 50.9 49.7 49.4
5 Ni 0.8404 0.7765 0.7118 0.6461 0.5795 0.5119
Nb 0.1398 0.2035 0.2682 0.3337 0.4002 0.4676
Co 0.0198 0.0199 0.0201 0.0202 0.0203 0.0205
m 49.3 50.8 49.9 50.7 50.4 50.3
Example 16 ODHE over NiNbCr Oxide Catalysts. (#16373/16513)
Catalyst compositions comprising various NiNbCr oxides were prepared in bulk (˜20 g) quantities by precipitation substantially as described in connection with Example 1, using chromium nitrate ([Cr]=1.00 M) aqueous stock solution. Table 16A summarizes the composition and amounts of the various catalyst compositions.
In an initial screening (calcination at 300° C., 8 hours, screening in fixed bed parallel reactor at 300° C. with flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm, as described), ethane conversion values for the NiNbCr oxide compositions ranged from 11.7% (with ethylene selectivity of 71.9%) to 18.1% (with ethylene selectivity of 82.7%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 71.5% (with ethane conversion of 13.1%) to 83.8% (with ethane conversion of 17.7%).
In a second screening in the fixed bed parallel reactor at 300° C. with different flowrates (ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.23:0.061 sccm), ethane conversion values for the NiNbCr oxide compositions ranged from 14.1% (with ethylene selectivity of 80.5%) to 18.6% (with ethylene selectivity of 86.7%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 7.8% (with ethane conversion of 15.1%) to 87.0% (with ethane conversion of 18.3%).
In a third screening in the fixed bed parallel reactor at 300° C. with different flowrates (ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.082:0.022 sccm), ethane conversion values for the NiNbCr oxide compositions ranged from 8.6% (with ethylene selectivity of 85.0%) to 11.2% (with ethylene selectivity of 90.0%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 85.0% (with ethane conversion of 8.6%) to 91.5% (with ethane conversion of 10.9%).
TABLE 16A
Catalyst compositions (mole fraction) of NiNbCr Oxide
Catalysts and sample mass, “m” (mg) used in
parallel fixed bed reactor screen.
Row Col 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Ni 0.8552 0.7903 0.7245 0.6577 0.5900 0.5212
Nb 0.1422 0.2072 0.2730 0.3397 0.4075 0.4762
Cr 0.0025 0.0025 0.0026 0.0026 0.0026 0.0026
m 50.8 50.0 49.8 49.7 50.0 49.4
2 Ni 0.8504 0.7858 0.7203 0.6539 0.5865 0.5182
Nb 0.1414 0.2060 0.2714 0.3378 0.4051 0.4734
Cr 0.0081 0.0082 0.0082 0.0083 0.0084 0.0084
m 50.7 50.6 50.4 50.7 50.9 50.0
3 Ni 0.8457 0.7814 0.7162 0.6502 0.5832 0.5152
Nb 0.1407 0.2048 0.2699 0.3359 0.4028 0.4706
Cr 0.0137 0.0138 0.0139 0.0140 0.0141 0.0142
m 50.3 49.5 50.1 49.7 50.4 50.4
4 Ni 0.8410 0.7770 0.7122 0.6465 0.5798 0.5122
Nb 0.1399 0.2037 0.2684 0.3339 0.4005 0.4679
Cr 0.0192 0.0193 0.0194 0.0196 0.0197 0.0198
m 50.6 50.0 49.9 49.9 49.5 50.8
5 Ni 0.8363 0.7727 0.7082 0.6428 0.5765 0.5093
Nb 0.1391 0.2025 0.2669 0.3321 0.3982 0.4652
Cr 0.0246 0.0248 0.0249 0.0251 0.0253 0.0255
m 50.7 49.9 50.7 50.5 50.2 49.3
Example 17 ODHE over NiNbGd/NiTaGd Oxide Catalysts (#13899)
Catalyst compositions comprising various NiNbGd and NiTaGd oxides were prepared in small (˜100 mg) quantities by precipitation substantially as described in connection with Example 1, using gadolinium nitrate ([Gd]=1.00 M) aqueous stock solution, and calcining to 320° C. at 5° C./min and maintaining at 320° C. for 8 hours in air. The compositions and amounts of the various catalyst compositions are shown in Table 17A (NiNbGd) and Table 17B (NiTaGd).
The NiNbGd oxide catalysts were screened in the fixed bed parallel reactor for oxidative ethane dehydrogenation at 300° C. with flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm. Ethane conversion values for the NiNbGd oxide compositions ranged from 4.9% (with ethylene selectivity of 48.2%) to 20.3% (with ethylene selectivity of 83.2%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 45.6% (with ethane conversion of 7.2%) to 83.9% (with ethane conversion of 17.6%).
The NiTaGd oxide catalysts were likewise screened in the fixed bed parallel for oxidative ethane dehydrogenation reactor (300° C.; flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm). Ethane conversion values for the NiTaGd oxide compositions ranged from 8.0% (with ethylene selectivity of 53.4%) to 19.0% (with ethylene selectivity of 84.7%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 51.7% (with ethane conversion of 8.3%) to 84.9% (with ethane conversion of 16.2%).
Additional screens of the NiNbGd oxide catalysts were effected at different temperatures (250° C.; ethane:nitrogen:oxygen flow of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm) and, in separate experiments, at different flowrates (300° C.; ethane:nitrogen:oxygen flow of 1.05:1.35:0.22 sccm) (data not shown).
TABLE 17A
Catalyst compositions (mole fractions) of NiNbGd oxide
catalysts and sample mass (mg) used in
parallel fixed bed reactor screen.
Row Col 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Ni 0.896
Nb 0.104
Gd 0.000
mass 47.3
(mg)
2 Ni 0.815 0.820
Nb 0.099 0.180
Gd 0.086 0.000
mass 50.8 54.7
(mg)
3 Ni 0.740 0.745 0.749
Nb 0.095 0.173 0.251
Gd 0.164 0.083 0.000
mass 52.2 49.8 46.9
(mg)
4 Ni 0.671 0.675 0.679 0.683
Nb 0.092 0.166 0.241 0.317
Gd 0.237 0.159 0.080 0.000
mass 49.6 54.9 49.7 52.8
(mg)
5 Ni 0.608 0.611 0.615 0.618 0.622
Nb 0.088 0.160 0.232 0.305 0.378
Gd 0.304 0.229 0.154 0.077 0.000
mass 55.2 54.0 50.5 49.7 47.0
(mg)
6 Ni 0.549 0.552 0.555 0.558 0.561 0.564
Nb 0.085 0.154 0.223 0.293 0.364 0.436
Gd 0.366 0.294 0.222 0.149 0.075 0.000
mass 50.7 50.5 50.7 51.4 52.9 45.0
(mg)
TABLE 17B
Catalyst compositions (mole fractions) of NiTaGd
oxide catalysts and sample mass (mg) used in
parallel fixed bed reactor screen.
Row Col 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Ni 0.879
Ta 0.121
Gd 0.000
Mass 55.5
(mg)
2 Ni 0.800 0.793
Ta 0.116 0.207
Gd 0.084 0.000
Mass 50.9 51.4
(mg)
3 Ni 0.727 0.721 0.715
Ta 0.111 0.199 0.285
Gd 0.162 0.080 0.000
Mass 55.9 51.3 46.7
(mg)
4 Ni 0.660 0.655 0.649 0.644
Ta 0.107 0.191 0.274 0.356
Gd 0.233 0.154 0.076 0.000
Mass 52.7 53.0 53.6 51.7
(mg)
5 Ni 0.598 0.593 0.589 0.584 0.580
Ta 0.103 0.184 0.264 0.343 0.420
Gd 0.299 0.222 0.147 0.073 0.000
Mass 55.1 47.5 54.6 50.8 45.5
(mg)
6 Ni 0.540 0.536 0.532 0.528 0.525 0.521
Ta 0.099 0.178 0.255 0.331 0.405 0.479
Gd 0.360 0.286 0.213 0.141 0.070 0.000
Mass 49.6 51.8 51.8 52.8 55.6 48.6
(mg)
Example 18 ODHE over NiNbBi and NiTaBi Oxide Catalysts
Catalyst compositions comprising various NiNbBi and NiTaBi oxides were prepared in small (˜100 mg) quantities by precipitation substantially as described in connection with Example 1, using bismuth citrate ([Bi]=0.293 M) aqueous stock solution. The compositions and amounts of the various catalyst compositions are shown in Table 18A (NiNbBi) and Table 18B (NiTaBi).
The NiNbBi oxide catalysts were initially screened in the fixed bed parallel reactor for oxidative ethane dehydrogenation at 300° C. with flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm. Ethane conversion values for the NiNbBi oxide compositions ranged from 13.1% (with ethylene selectivity of 72.9%) to 19.8% (with ethylene selectivity of 84.2%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 72.9% (with ethane conversion of 13.1%) to 84.9% (with ethane conversion of 17.5%).
The NiNbBi catalysts were subsequently recalcined to 400° C. (5° C./min to 400° C.; dwell at 400° C. for 8 hours), and then screened in the parallel fixed bed reactor for ethane dehydrogenation under the same reaction conditions as the initial screen (300° C.; ethane:nitrogen:oxygen flow of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm). Ethane conversion values for the NiNbBi oxide compositions ranged from 9.9% (with ethylene selectivity of 85.6%) to 14.1% (with ethylene selectivity of 85.2%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 74.6% (with ethane conversion of 12.7%) to 86.3% (with ethane conversion of 13.3%).
The recalcined NiNbBi catalysts were screened again in the parallel fixed bed reactor at different flowrates screen (300° C.; ethane:nitrogen:oxygen flow of 0.42:0.081:0.022 sccm). Ethane conversion values for the NiNbBi oxide compositions ranged from 9.5% (with ethylene selectivity of 93.0%) to 10.9% (with ethylene selectivity of 93.4%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 89.8% (with ethane conversion of 10.2%) to 93.8% (with ethane conversion of 10.6%).
The NiTaBi oxide catalysts were likewise initially screened in the fixed bed parallel reactor for oxidative ethane dehydrogenation reactor (300° C.; flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm). Ethane conversion values for the NiTaBi oxide compositions ranged from 13.6% (with ethylene selectivity of 82.5%) to 19.1% (with ethylene selectivity of 84.8%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 78.9% (with ethane conversion of 13.7%) to 84.8% (with ethane conversion of 19.1%).
The NiTaBi catalysts were subsequently recalcined to 400° C. (5° C./min to 400° C.; dwell at 400° C. for 8 hours), and then screened in the parallel fixed bed reactor for ethane dehydrogenation under the same reaction conditions as the initial screen (300° C.; ethane:nitrogen:oxygen flow of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm). Ethane conversion values for the NiTaBi oxide compositions ranged from 9.4% (with ethylene selectivity of 77.1%) to 13.5% (with ethylene selectivity of 84.3%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 74.6% (with ethane conversion of 10.4%) to 86.9% (with ethane conversion of 11.1%).
The recalcined NiTaBi catalysts were screened again in the parallel fixed bed reactor at different flowrates screen (300° C.; ethane:nitrogen:oxygen flow of 0.42:0.081:0.022 sccm). Ethane conversion (C) and ethylene selectivity (S) values for the NiTaBi oxide compositions ranged from 8.6% C, 87.8% S to 11.0% C, 93.6% S.
TABLE 18A
Catalyst compositions (mole fractions) of NiNbBi oxide
catalysts and sample mass (mg) used in
parallel fixed bed reactor screen.
Row Col 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Ni 0.890
Nb 0.110
Bi 0.000
Mass 53.9
(mg)
2 Ni 0.879 0.810
Nb 0.115 0.190
Bi 0.007 0.000
Mass 50.7 53.4
(mg)
3 Ni 0.867 0.796 0.736
Nb 0.119 0.197 0.264
Bi 0.014 0.006 0.000
mass 53.0 49.2 52.9
(mg)
4 Ni 0.853 0.781 0.721 0.668
Nb 0.125 0.205 0.273 0.332
Bi 0.022 0.013 0.006 0.000
mass 56.1 53.6 54.7 51.4
(mg)
5 Ni 0.839 0.765 0.704 0.651 0.606
Nb 0.130 0.214 0.284 0.343 0.394
Bi 0.031 0.021 0.013 0.006 0.000
mass 49.3 45.5 53.2 52.0 46.0
(mg)
6 Ni 0.824 0.748 0.685 0.632 0.587 0.547
Nb 0.136 0.223 0.295 0.355 0.407 0.453
Bi 0.040 0.029 0.020 0.012 0.006 0.000
mass 49.7 51.1 53.9 47.0 48.2 46.9
(mg)
TABLE 18B
Catalyst compositions (mole fractions) of NiTaBi oxide catalysts
and sample mass (mg) used in parallel fixed bed reactor screen.
Row Column 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Ni 0.906
Ta 0.094
Bi 0.000
mass (mg) 55.3
2 Ni 0.891 0.835
Ta 0.098 0.165
Bi 0.011 0.000
mass (mg) 46.3 54.6
3 Ni 0.876 0.819 0.769
Ta 0.101 0.170 0.231
Bi 0.023 0.011 0.000
mass (mg) 48.2 53.8 55.8
4 Ni 0.859 0.801 0.751 0.706
Ta 0.105 0.176 0.239 0.294
Bi 0.036 0.022 0.010 0.000
mass (mg) 54.5 50.7 52.6 50.9
5 Ni 0.841 0.783 0.731 0.687 0.647
Ta 0.109 0.183 0.247 0.303 0.353
Bi 0.049 0.034 0.021 0.010 0.000
mass (mg) 51.9 54.2 50.0 54.0 51.1
6 Ni 0.822 0.762 0.711 0.665 0.626 0.591
Ta 0.114 0.190 0.256 0.314 0.364 0.409
Bi 0.064 0.048 0.033 0.021 0.010 0.000
mass (mg) 52.5 48.6 51.5 48.6 51.0 50.7
Example 19 ODHE over NiNbSb/NiTaSb Oxide Catalysts
Catalyst compositions comprising various NiNbSb and NiTaSb oxides were prepared in small (˜100 mg) quantities by precipitation substantially as described in connection with Example 1, using antimony acetate ([Sb]=0.234 M) aqueous stock solution. The compositions and amounts of the various catalyst compositions are shown in Table 19A (NiNbSb) and Table 19B (NiTaSb).
The NiNbSb oxide catalysts were initially screened in the fixed bed parallel reactor for oxidative ethane dehydrogenation at 300° C. with flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm. Ethane conversion (C) and ethylene selectivity (S) values for the NiNbSb oxide compositions ranged from 14.8% C, 67.6% S to 20.9% C, 84.4% S.
The NiNbSb catalysts were screened again in the parallel fixed bed reactor at different flowrates screen (300° C.; ethane:nitrogen:oxygen flow of 1.04:1.34:0.22 sccm). Ethane conversion values for the NiNbSb oxide compositions ranged from 11.8% (with ethylene selectivity of 81.1%) to 18.4% (with ethylene selectivity of 84.0%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 77.0% (with ethane conversion of 12.6%) to 84.6% (with ethane conversion of 12.7%).
The NiTaSb oxide catalysts were likewise initially screened in the fixed bed parallel reactor for oxidative ethane dehydrogenation reactor (300° C.; flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm). Ethane conversion values for the NiTaSb oxide compositions ranged from 14.5% (with ethylene selectivity of 72.2%) to 18.7% (with ethylene selectivity of 82.1%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 72.2% (with ethane conversion of 14.5%) to 83.5% (with ethane conversion of 18.4%).
The NiTaSb catalysts were screened again in the parallel fixed bed reactor at different flowrates screen (300° C.; ethane:nitrogen:oxygen flow of 1.04:1.34:0.22 sccm). Ethane conversion values for the NiTaSb oxide compositions ranged from 10.0% (with ethylene selectivity of 69.5%) to 14.2% (with ethylene selectivity of 80.2%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 69.5% (with ethane conversion of 10.0%) to 83.1% (with ethane conversion of 13.4%).
TABLE 19A
Catalyst compositions (mole fractions) of NiNbSb oxide catalysts
and sample mass (mg) used in parallel fixed bed reactor screen.
Row Column 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Ni 0.890
Nb 0.110
Sb 0.000
Mass 51.6
(mg)
2 Ni 0.879 0.814
Nb 0.115 0.186
Sb 0.006 0.000
Mass 45.0 49.8
(mg)
3 Ni 0.867 0.801 0.744
Nb 0.119 0.193 0.256
Sb 0.014 0.006 0.000
Mass 46.1 44.5 51.3
(mg)
4 Ni 0.854 0.786 0.728 0.678
Nb 0.125 0.201 0.266 0.322
Sb 0.021 0.013 0.006 0.000
Mass 51.0 53.3 46.1 48.3
(mg)
5 Ni 0.840 0.771 0.712 0.661 0.617
Nb 0.130 0.209 0.276 0.333 0.383
Sb 0.029 0.020 0.012 0.006 0.000
Mass 52.7 48.9 52.9 48.0 50.9
(mg)
6 Ni 0.825 0.754 0.694 0.643 0.599 0.560
Nb 0.136 0.218 0.287 0.345 0.396 0.440
Sb 0.039 0.028 0.019 0.012 0.006 0.000
Mass 49.7 45.9 46.6 47.3 51.4 54.8
(mg)
TABLE 19B
Catalyst compositions (mole fractions) of NiTaSb oxide catalysts
and sample mass (mg) used in parallel fixed bed reactor screen.
Row Column 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Ni 0.879
Ta 0.121
Sb 0.000
Mass 51.8
(mg)
2 Ni 0.868 0.788
Ta 0.126 0.212
Sb 0.006 0.000
Mass 50.3 52.2
(mg)
3 Ni 0.855 0.774 0.707
Ta 0.131 0.220 0.293
Sb 0.013 0.006 0.000
Mass 50.0 52.4 52.0
(mg)
4 Ni 0.842 0.759 0.691 0.634
Ta 0.137 0.228 0.303 0.366
Sb 0.021 0.013 0.006 0.000
Mass 51.4 51.1 50.2 50.4
(mg)
5 Ni 0.828 0.743 0.674 0.617 0.569
Ta 0.143 0.237 0.314 0.378 0.431
Sb 0.029 0.020 0.012 0.005 0.000
Mass 51.7 52.2 50.3 52.1 51.8
(mg)
6 Ni 0.812 0.726 0.656 0.598 0.550 0.509
Ta 0.149 0.247 0.326 0.391 0.445 0.491
Sb 0.038 0.027 0.018 0.011 0.005 0.000
Mass 50.0 50.3 50.5 51.6 51.5 50.3
(mg)
Example 20 ODHE over NiNbSn/NiTaSn Oxide Catalysts. (#16467/#16469)
Catalyst compositions comprising various NiNbSn and NiTaSn oxides were prepared in small (˜100 mg) quantities by precipitation substantially as described in The composition with Example 1, using tin acetate ([Sn]=0.249 M) aqueous stock solution. The compositions and amounts of the various catalyst compositions are shown in Table 20A (NiNbSn) and Table 20B (NiTaSn).
The NiNbSn oxide catalysts were initially screened in the fixed bed parallel reactor for oxidative ethane dehydrogenation at 300° C. with flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm. Ethane conversion values for the NiNbSn oxide compositions ranged from 15.1% (with ethylene selectivity of 82.0%) to 19.4% (with ethylene selectivity of 84.8%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 82.0% (with ethane conversion of 15.1%) to 85.8% (with ethane conversion of 19.2%).
The NiNbSn catalysts were screened again in the parallel fixed bed reactor at different flowrates screen (300° C.; ethane:nitrogen:oxygen flow of 1.04:1.34:0.22 sccm). Ethane conversion values for the NiNbSn oxide compositions ranged from 8.8% (with ethylene selectivity of 80.4%) to 13.3% (with ethylene selectivity of 84.4%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 80.4% (with ethane conversion of 8.8%) to 85.9% (with ethane conversion of 12.8%).
In a third screen, the NiNbSn catalysts were screened in the parallel fixed bed reactor at different flowrates screen (300° C.; ethane:nitrogen:oxygen flow of 1.04:0.21:0.055 sccm). Ethane conversion values for the NiNbSn oxide compositions ranged from 8.4% (with ethylene selectivity of 91.8%) to 10.0% (with ethylene selectivity of 93.5%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 89.1% (with ethane conversion of 9.8%) to 93.5% (with ethane conversion of 10.0%).
In a fourth screen, the NiNbSn catalysts were screened in the parallel fixed bed reactor at different flowrates screen (300° C.; ethane:nitrogen:oxygen flow of 0.42:0.082:0.022 sccm). Ethane conversion (C) and ethylene selectivity (S) values for the NiNbSn oxide compositions ranged from 8.7% C, 89.8% S to 11.5% C, 93.8% S.
The NiTaSn oxide catalysts were likewise initially screened in the fixed bed parallel for oxidative ethane dehydrogenation reactor (300° C.; flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm). Ethane conversion values for the NiTaSn oxide compositions ranged from 16.6% (with ethylene selectivity of 84.6%) to 20.3% (with ethylene selectivity of 85.6%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 84.1% (with ethane conversion of 18.3%) to 85.7% (with ethane conversion of 19.7%).
The NiTaSn catalysts were screened again in the parallel fixed bed reactor at different flowrates screen (300° C.; ethane:nitrogen:oxygen flow of 1.04:1.34:0.22 sccm). Ethane conversion values for the NiTaSn oxide compositions ranged from 9.0% (with ethylene selectivity of 89.7%) to 11.0% (with ethylene selectivity of 94.1%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 88.7% (with ethane conversion of 10.1%) to 94.2% (with ethane conversion of 10.0%).
In a third screen, the NiTaSn catalysts were screened in the parallel fixed bed reactor at a different temperature and at different flowrates screen (275° C.; ethane:nitrogen:oxygen flow of 1.04:0.21:0.055 sccm). Ethane conversion values for the NiTaSn oxide compositions ranged from 6.9% (with ethylene selectivity of 91.8%) to 8.8% (with ethylene selectivity of 93.6%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 91.3% (with ethane conversion of 7.7%) to 94.1% (with ethane conversion of 7.7%).
TABLE 20A
Catalyst compositions (mole fractions) of NiNbSn oxide catalysts
and sample mass (mg) used in parallel fixed bed reactor screen.
Row Column 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Ni 0.898
Nb 0.102
Sn 0.000
Mass 47.0
(mg)
2 Ni 0.885 0.823
Nb 0.106 0.177
Sn 0.009 0.000
Mass 53.6 50.4
(mg)
3 Ni 0.871 0.807 0.753
Nb 0.110 0.184 0.247
Sn 0.019 0.009 0.000
Mass 48.3 47.0 55.0
(mg)
4 Ni 0.856 0.791 0.735 0.687
Nb 0.115 0.191 0.256 0.313
Sn 0.030 0.018 0.009 0.000
Mass 52.0 54.1 52.7 51.5
(mg)
5 Ni 0.839 0.773 0.717 0.668 0.626
Nb 0.119 0.198 0.265 0.323 0.374
Sn 0.041 0.029 0.018 0.008 0.000
Mass 49.2 52.1 48.0 51.5 47.8
(mg)
6 Ni 0.821 0.754 0.697 0.648 0.606 0.569
Nb 0.125 0.206 0.275 0.335 0.386 0.431
Sn 0.054 0.040 0.028 0.017 0.008 0.000
Mass 54.5 50.2 46.4 51.9 53.2 47.8
(mg)
TABLE 20B
Catalyst compositions (mole fractions) of NiTaSn oxide catalysts
and sample mass (mg) used in parallel fixed bed reactor screen.
Row Column 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Ni 0.885
Ta 0.115
Sn 0.000
Mass 52.6
(mg)
2 Ni 0.872 0.802
Ta 0.119 0.198
Sn 0.009 0.000
mass 52.3 53.1
(mg)
3 Ni 0.857 0.787 0.727
Ta 0.124 0.205 0.273
Sn 0.019 0.009 0.000
mass 54.1 54.5 49.0
(mg)
4 Ni 0.842 0.770 0.710 0.658
Ta 0.129 0.212 0.282 0.342
Sn 0.029 0.018 0.008 0.000
mass 53.0 51.7 53.9 47.7
(mg)
5 Ni 0.825 0.752 0.691 0.639 0.594
Ta 0.134 0.220 0.292 0.353 0.406
Sn 0.041 0.028 0.017 0.008 0.000
mass 52.7 53.7 50.9 53.7 50.3
(mg)
6 Ni 0.807 0.733 0.671 0.619 0.574 0.536
Ta 0.140 0.229 0.302 0.365 0.418 0.464
Sn 0.053 0.039 0.027 0.016 0.008 0.000
mass 52.0 50.4 52.7 50.9 53.0 51.8
(mg)
Example 21 ODHE over NiTaCe/NiNbCe/NiNbTaCe Oxide Catalysts. (#12314/#12080/#12380/#11285)
NiTaCe catalyst compositions were prepared in bulk by precipitation substantially as described in connection with Example 1, using cerium nitrate ([Ce]=1.00 M) aqueous stock solution, and calcining by heating to 350° C. at 2° C./min and maintaining at 350° C. for 8 hours in air. The compositions and amounts of the various NiTaCe catalyst compositions are shown in Table 21A.
The NiTaCe oxide catalysts were screened in the fixed bed parallel reactor for oxidative ethane dehydrogenation at 300° C. with flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm. Ethane conversion values for the NiTaCe oxide compositions ranged from 0.1% (with ethylene selectivity of 59.4%) to 18.1% (with ethylene selectivity of 84.7%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 31.9% (with ethane conversion of 2.8%) to 85.4% (with ethane conversion of 16.8%).
TABLE 21A
Catalysts compositions (mole fractions) of NiTaCe and sample
mass, “m” (mg) used in parallel fixed bed reactor screen.
Row Col 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Ni 0.9681 0.8950 0.8178 0.7362 0.6498 0.5580
Ta 0.0319 0.1050 0.1822 0.2638 0.3502 0.4420
Ce 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
m 40.8 46.6 52.6 55.3 45.2 50.8
2 Ni 0.9569 0.8844 0.8079 0.7270 0.6414 0.5507
Ta 0.0316 0.1038 0.1800 0.2605 0.3457 0.4361
Ce 0.0115 0.0118 0.0121 0.0125 0.0128 0.0132
m 46.7 47.1 50.6 52.7 51.6 56.3
3 Ni 0.9461 0.8741 0.7982 0.7181 0.6333 0.5435
Ta 0.0312 0.1026 0.1778 0.2573 0.3414 0.4304
Ce 0.0227 0.0233 0.0239 0.0246 0.0253 0.0261
m 51.6 45.5 47.2 43.1 52.7 58.8
4 Ni 0.9355 0.8641 0.7888 0.7094 0.6254 0.5365
Ta 0.0309 0.1014 0.1757 0.2542 0.3371 0.4249
Ce 0.0337 0.0346 0.0355 0.0365 0.0375 0.0386
m 44.1 52.2 46.3 53.3 47.6 56.9
5 Ni 0.9251 0.8542 0.7796 0.7008 0.6177 0.5297
Ta 0.0305 0.1002 0.1737 0.2511 0.3329 0.4195
Ce 0.0444 0.0456 0.0468 0.0481 0.0494 0.0508
m 49.2 55.7 44.1 43.0 54.1 55.6
6 Ni 0.9149 0.8446 0.7706 0.6925 0.6101 0.5230
Ta 0.0302 0.0991 0.1716 0.2481 0.3289 0.4142
Ce 0.0549 0.0563 0.0578 0.0594 0.0610 0.0628
m 45.6 58.1 45.5 45   58.4 55.1
NiNbCe catalyst compositions were prepared by several different methods, including freeze drying, precipitation with tetraethylammonium hydroxide, and precipitation with ammonium carbonate, and then screened as discussed below. Briefly, in the freeze drying method, NiNbCe catalyst compositions were prepared by combining various amounts of the aqueous metal salt solutions to form a catalyst precursor solution, and then freeze drying to remove water. The NiNbCe catalyst compositions prepared by precipitation with tetraethylammonium hydroxide were prepared substantially as described in Example 1, using cerium nitrate ([Ce]=1.00 M), and using tetraethylammonium hydroxide as the precipitating agent. In each of these two cases, the resulting solid materials were calcined by heating to 120° C. at 1C./min and dwelling at 120° C. for 2 hours, subsequently, heating to 180° C. at 1° C./min and dwelling at 180° C. for 2 hours, subsequently heating to 400° C. at 2° C./min and dwelling at 400° C. for 8 hours. The NiNbCe catalyst compositions prepared by precipitation with ammonium carbonate were prepared substantially as described in Example 1, using cerium nitrate ([Ce]=1.00 M), and using ammonium carbonate as the precipitating agent. In this cases, the resulting solid material was calcined by heating to 300° C. at 2° C./min and dwelling at 300° C. for 8 hours in air. The compositions and amounts of the various NiNbCe catalyst compositions are shown in Table 21B (prepared by freeze drying), Table 21C (prepared by precipitation with tetraethylammonium hydroxide) and Table 2 1D (prepared by precipitation with ammonium carbonate).
The NiNbCe catalysts of Table 21B—prepared by freeze drying—were screened in the fixed bed parallel reactor for oxidative ethane dehydrogenation at 300° C. with flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm. Ethane conversion values for the NiNbCe oxide compositions ranged from 6.6% (with ethylene selectivity of 61.8%) to 11.7% (with ethylene selectivity of 71.6%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 61.3% (with ethane conversion of 8.5%) to 74.3% (with ethane conversion of 10.5%).
The NiNbCe catalysts of Table 21C—prepared by precipitation with tetraethylammonium hydroxide—were likewise screened in the fixed bed parallel reactor for oxidative ethane dehydrogenation at 300° C. with flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm. Ethane conversion values for the NiNbCe oxide compositions ranged from 7.5% (with ethylene selectivity of 78.8%) to 18.8% (with ethylene selectivity of 85.7%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 58.9% (with ethane conversion of 10.1%) to 85.7% (with ethane conversion of 18.8%). These catalysts were also screened in the parallel fixed bed reactor at different flowrates (300° C.; ethane:nitrogen:oxygen flow of 0.10:0.85:0.088 sccm) (data not shown).
The NiNbCe catalysts of Table 21D—prepared by precipitation with ammonium carbonate—were likewise screened in the fixed bed parallel reactor for oxidative ethane dehydrogenation at 300° C. with flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm. Ethane conversion values for the NiNbCe oxide compositions ranged from 16.7% (with ethylene selectivity of 78.1%) to 19.1% (with ethylene selectivity of 81.5%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 78.1% (with ethane conversion of 16.7%) to 83.5% (with ethane conversion of 18.5%). These catalysts were also screened in an ethylene co-feed (mixed feed) experiment (data not shown). These catalysts were also screened again after being recalcined by heating to 400° C. at 2° C./min and dwelling at 400° C. for 8 hours in air. (data not shown).
TABLE 21B
Catalyst compositions (mole fractions) of NiNbCe
oxide catalysts prepared by freeze drying and sample
mass (mg) used in parallel fixed bed reactor screen.
Row Column 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 Ni 0.907
Nb 0.068
Ce 0.024
Mass 41.5
(mg)
2 Ni 0.860 0.850
Nb 0.069 0.126
Ce 0.070 0.025
Mass 44.9 39.7
(mg)
3 Ni 0.812 0.802 0.792
Nb 0.071 0.128 0.183
Ce 0.118 0.071 0.025
Mass 43.1 40.4 37.4
(mg)
4 Ni 0.762 0.752 0.743 0.734
Nb 0.072 0.130 0.186 0.242
Ce 0.166 0.118 0.071 0.025
Mass 44.2 39.7 38.7 38.0
(mg)
5 Ni 0.710 0.701 0.692 0.684 0.675
Nb 0.073 0.132 0.189 0.246 0.300
Ce 0.217 0.167 0.118 0.071 0.025
Mass 39.3 43.1 37.8 43.6 39.7
(mg)
6 Ni 0.657 0.648 0.640 0.632 0.624 0.616
Nb 0.074 0.134 0.193 0.250 0.305 0.359
Ce 0.269 0.218 0.168 0.119 0.071 0.025
Mass 40.8 52.7 36.6 37.9 39.1 38.7
(mg)
7 Ni 0.601 0.593 0.586 0.578 0.571 0.563 0.556
Nb 0.075 0.137 0.196 0.254 0.310 0.365 0.419
Ce 0.323 0.270 0.219 0.168 0.119 0.072 0.025
Mass 42.3 38.7 44.9 35.1 35.8 37.4 36.1
(mg)
TABLE 21C
Catalyst compositions (mole fractions) of NiNbCe oxide catalysts
prepared by precipitation with tetraethylammonium hydroxide and
sample mass (mg) used in parallel fixed bed reactor screen.
Row Column 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Ni 0.942
Nb 0.058
Ce 0.000
Mass 52.7
(mg)
2 Ni 0.921 0.870
Nb 0.060 0.131
Ce 0.019 0.000
Mass 43.6 42.7
(mg)
3 Ni 0.898 0.847 0.801
Nb 0.062 0.134 0.199
Ce 0.040 0.019 0.000
Mass 46.4 53.1 51.3
(mg)
4 Ni 0.875 0.823 0.778 0.737
Nb 0.064 0.138 0.204 0.263
Ce 0.062 0.039 0.018 0.000
Mass 54.0 50.7 49.8 51.2
(mg)
5 Ni 0.849 0.798 0.752 0.712 0.675
Nb 0.066 0.142 0.210 0.270 0.325
Ce 0.085 0.060 0.038 0.018 0.000
Mass 48.0 52.9 52.1 49.2 52.9
(mg)
6 Ni 0.822 0.771 0.726 0.686 0.650 0.617
Nb 0.068 0.147 0.216 0.278 0.333 0.383
Ce 0.110 0.082 0.058 0.037 0.017 0.000
Mass 51.0 45.2 49.9 45.3 48.7 50.2
(mg)
TABLE 21D
Catalyst compositions (mole fractions) of NiNbCe oxide catalysts
prepared by precipitation with ammonium carbonate and
sample mass (mg) used in parallel fixed bed reactor screen.
Row Column 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Ni 0.890
Nb 0.110
Ce 0.000
mass 48.5
(mg)
2 Ni 0.879 0.810
Nb 0.115 0.190
Ce 0.007 0.000
mass 48.1 49.0
(mg)
3 Ni 0.867 0.796 0.736
Nb 0.119 0.198 0.264
Ce 0.014 0.006 0.000
mass 55.2 46.2 51.6
(mg)
4 Ni 0.854 0.782 0.721 0.668
Nb 0.125 0.205 0.273 0.332
Ce 0.022 0.013 0.006 0.000
mass 51.0 51.5 54.7 47.9
(mg)
5 Ni 0.840 0.766 0.704 0.651 0.606
Nb 0.130 0.214 0.284 0.343 0.394
Ce 0.030 0.021 0.013 0.006 0.000
mass 51.9 54.4 51.4 54.4 53.4
(mg)
6 Ni 0.824 0.749 0.686 0.632 0.587 0.547
Nb 0.136 0.223 0.295 0.356 0.408 0.453
Ce 0.039 0.029 0.020 0.012 0.006 0.000
mass 45.4 52.7 49.1 49.0 47.8 52.8
(mg)
NiNbTaCe catalyst compositions were prepared in bulk by precipitation substantially as described in connection with Example 1, using cerium nitrate ([Ce]=1.00 M) aqueous stock solution, and calcining by heating to 350° C. at 2° C./min and maintaining at 350° C. for 8 hours in air. The compositions and amounts of the various NiTaCe catalyst compositions are shown in Table 21E.
The NiNbTaCe oxide catalysts were initially screened in the fixed bed parallel reactor for oxidative ethane dehydrogenation at 300° C. with flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm. Ethane conversion values for the NiNbTaCe oxide compositions ranged from 16.8% (with ethylene selectivity of 83.4%) to 20.8% (with ethylene selectivity of 84.0%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 81.6% (with ethane conversion of 17.9%) to 84.0% (with ethane conversion of 20.8%).
The NiNbTaCe oxide catalysts were screened again in the fixed bed parallel reactor for oxidative ethane dehydrogenation at twice the flowrates as compared to the initial screen (300° C.; ethane:nitrogen:oxygen flow of 0.84:1.08:0.176 sccm). Ethane conversion values for the NiNbTaCe oxide compositions ranged from 11.6% (with ethylene selectivity of 83.2%) to 16.6% (with ethylene selectivity of 84.2%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 80.0% (with ethane conversion of 12.7%) to 84.3% (with ethane conversion of 15.5%).
TABLE 21E
Catalyst compositions (mole fractions) of NiNbTaCe oxide
catalysts and sample mass (mg) used in parallel
fixed bed reactor screen.
Row Column 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Part A
1 Ni 0.988
Nb 0.000
Ta 0.000
Ce 0.012
mass 49.2
(mg)
2 Ni 0.899 0.904
Nb 0.000 0.085
Ta 0.090 0.000
Ce 0.011 0.012
mass 45.3 47.5
(mg)
3 Ni 0.815 0.820 0.824
Nb 0.000 0.082 0.165
Ta 0.174 0.087 0.000
Ce 0.011 0.011 0.011
mass 52.8 53.5 47.4
(mg)
Part B
4 Ni 0.738 0.741 0.745 0.749
Nb 0.000 0.079 0.159 0.240
Ta 0.252 0.169 0.085 0.000
Ce 0.011 0.011 0.011 0.011
mass 52.3 51.7 51.4 51.4
(mg)
5 Ni 0.665 0.668 0.671 0.675 0.678
Nb 0.000 0.077 0.154 0.232 0.311
Ta 0.325 0.245 0.164 0.083 0.000
Ce 0.010 0.010 0.010 0.011 0.011
mass 53.1 53.0 53.8 50.2 45.1
(mg)
6 Ni 0.596 0.599 0.602 0.605 0.608 0.611
Nb 0.000 0.074 0.149 0.225 0.302 0.379
Ta 0.394 0.316 0.238 0.160 0.080 0.000
Ce 0.010 0.010 0.010 0.010 0.010 0.010
mass 55.2 47.8 51.3 48.9 47.1 49.7
(mg)
7 Ni 0.532 0.535 0.537 0.540 0.542 0.545 0.547
Nb 0.000 0.072 0.145 0.218 0.292 0.367 0.443
Ta 0.458 0.384 0.308 0.232 0.156 0.078 0.000
Ce 0.010 0.010 0.010 0.010 0.010 0.010 0.010
mass 52.5 50.1 48.8 45.8 55.1 53.0 47.5
(mg)
8 Ni 0.472 0.474 0.476 0.478 0.480 0.483 0.485 0.487
Nb 0.000 0.070 0.141 0.212 0.284 0.356 0.429 0.503
Ta 0.519 0.447 0.374 0.301 0.226 0.152 0.076 0.000
Ce 0.009 0.010 0.010 0.010 0.010 0.010 0.010 0.010
mass 53.8 53.0 45.7 45.0 49.5 48.9 52.0 46.5
(mg)
Example 22 ODHE over NiTaYb/NiNbYb Oxide Catalysts. (#13947/#13946)
Catalyst compositions comprising various NiTaY and NiNbYb oxides were prepared in small (˜100 mg) quantities by precipitation substantially as described in connection with Example 1, using ytterbium nitrate pentahydrate ([Yb]=0.456M) aqueous stock solution and calcining at 300° C., as described. The compositions and amounts of the various catalyst compositions are shown in Table 22A (NiTaYb) and Table 22B (NiNbYb).
The NiTaYb oxide catalysts were screened in the fixed bed parallel reactor for oxidative ethane dehydrogenation at 300° C. with flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm. Ethane conversion values for the NiTaYb oxide compositions ranged from 13.5% (with ethylene selectivity of 75.1%) to 20.0% (with ethylene selectivity of 83.9%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 75.1% (with ethane conversion of 13.5%) to 84.7% (with ethane conversion of 19.1%).
The NiNbYb oxide catalysts were likewise screened in the fixed bed parallel reactor for oxidative ethane dehydrogenation at 300° C. with flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm. Ethane conversion values for the NiNbYb oxide compositions ranged from 10.5% (with ethylene selectivity of 68.8%) to 19.4% (with ethylene selectivity of 83.0%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 68.8% (with ethane conversion of 10.5%) to 84.0% (with ethane conversion of 18.3%).
TABLE 22A
Catalyst compositions (mole fractions) of NiTaYb oxide catalysts and
sample mass (mg) used in parallel fixed bed reactor screen.
Row Column 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Ni 0.879
Ta 0.121
Yb 0.000
mass 51.2
(mg)
2 Ni 0.855 0.793
Ta 0.124 0.207
Yb 0.021 0.000
mass 53.9 51.0
(mg)
3 Ni 0.831 0.768 0.715
Ta 0.127 0.212 0.285
Yb 0.042 0.019 0.000
mass 51.0 54.0 54.6
(mg)
4 Ni 0.805 0.743 0.690 0.644
Ta 0.131 0.217 0.291 0.356
Yb 0.065 0.040 0.019 0.000
mass 49.5 52.6 53.2 50.5
(mg)
5 Ni 0.777 0.716 0.664 0.619 0.580
Ta 0.134 0.222 0.298 0.363 0.420
Yb 0.089 0.061 0.038 0.018 0.000
mass 49.4 47.9 50.8 52.7 47.8
(mg)
6 Ni 0.749 0.688 0.637 0.593 0.555 0.521
Ta 0.138 0.228 0.305 0.371 0.429 0.479
Yb 0.114 0.084 0.058 0.036 0.017 0.000
mass 51.6 54.0 53.4 53.3 52.5 53.1
(mg)
TABLE 22B
Catalyst compositions (mole fractions) of NiNbYb oxide catalysts and
sample mass (mg) used in parallel fixed bed reactor screen.
Row Column 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Ni 0.896
Nb 0.104
Yb 0.000
mass 51.8
(mg)
2 Ni 0.873 0.820
Nb 0.107 0.180
Yb 0.021 0.000
mass 49.0 54.5
(mg)
3 Ni 0.848 0.795 0.749
Nb 0.109 0.185 0.251
Yb 0.043 0.020 0.000
mass 53.7 48.8 45.9
(mg)
4 Ni 0.822 0.770 0.724 0.683
Nb 0.112 0.189 0.257 0.317
Yb 0.066 0.041 0.019 0.000
mass 52.5 52.2 46.2 52.4
(mg)
5 Ni 0.794 0.743 0.697 0.657 0.622
Nb 0.115 0.194 0.263 0.324 0.378
Yb 0.091 0.063 0.040 0.019 0.000
mass 52.0 49.1 48.3 52.2 53.4
(mg)
6 Ni 0.765 0.714 0.670 0.630 0.595 0.564
Nb 0.118 0.199 0.269 0.331 0.387 0.436
Yb 0.116 0.087 0.061 0.038 0.018 0.000
mass 49.9 51.8 48.9 46.8 54.8 47.6
(mg)
Example 23 ODHE over NiTaEr/NiNbEr Oxide Catalysts. (#13950)
Catalyst compositions comprising various NiTaEr and NiNbEr oxides were prepared in small (˜100 mg) quantities by precipitation substantially as described in connection with Example 1, using erbium acetate hydrate ([Er]=0.268 M) aqueous stock solution and calcining at 300° C., as described. The compositions and amounts of the various NiTaEr and NiNbEr oxide catalyst compositions are shown in Table 23A.
The NiTaEr and NiNbEr oxide catalysts (˜50 mg) were screened in the fixed bed parallel reactor for oxidative ethane dehydrogenation at 300° C. with flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm. Ethane conversion values for the NiTaEr oxide compositions ranged from 12.9% (with ethylene selectivity of 69.7%) to 19.4% (with ethylene selectivity of 83.5%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 69.7% (with ethane conversion of 12.9%) to 84.1% (with ethane conversion of 17.9%). Ethane conversion values for the NiNbEr oxide compositions ranged from 12.5% (with ethylene selectivity of 65.0%) to 20.9% (with ethylene selectivity of 83.9%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 65.0% (with ethane conversion of 12.5%) to 85.0% (with ethane conversion of 18.2%).
The NiTaEr and NiNbEr oxide catalysts (˜50 mg) were screened again in the fixed bed parallel reactor for oxidative ethane dehydrogenation at a different temperature (250° C.; ethane:nitrogen:oxygen flow of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm). Ethane conversion values for the NiTaEr oxide compositions ranged from 3.6% (with ethylene selectivity of 55.1%) to 7.8% (with ethylene selectivity of 65.0%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 55.1% (with ethane conversion of 3.6%) to 76.6% (with ethane conversion of 7.1%). Ethane conversion values for the NiNbEr oxide compositions ranged from 3.5% (with ethylene selectivity of 44.3%) to 7.4% (with ethylene selectivity of 74.4%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 44.3% (with ethane conversion of 3.5%) to 83.6% (with ethane conversion of 6.6%).
TABLE 23A
Catalyst compositions (mole fractions) of NiTaEr/NiNbEr oxide
catalysts used in parallel fixed bed reactor screen.
Row Col 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Ni 1.000 0.919 0.842 0.768 0.696 0.628
Nb 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Ta 0.000 0.081 0.158 0.232 0.304 0.372
Er 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
2 Ni 0.915 0.967 0.884 0.806 0.730 0.658
Nb 0.085 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Ta 0.000 0.000 0.083 0.163 0.239 0.311
Er 0.000 0.033 0.032 0.032 0.031 0.030
3 Ni 0.835 0.881 0.932 0.848 0.768 0.691
Nb 0.165 0.087 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Ta 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.086 0.167 0.245
Er 0.000 0.032 0.068 0.067 0.065 0.064
4 Ni 0.759 0.799 0.844 0.895 0.809 0.728
Nb 0.241 0.170 0.090 0.000 0.000 0.000
Ta 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.088 0.172
Er 0.000 0.031 0.066 0.105 0.103 0.100
5 Ni 0.686 0.722 0.761 0.806 0.855 0.768
Nb 0.314 0.248 0.174 0.092 0.000 0.000
Ta 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.091
Er 0.000 0.031 0.064 0.102 0.145 0.141
6 Ni 0.617 0.648 0.683 0.721 0.764 0.813
Nb 0.383 0.322 0.255 0.179 0.095 0.000
Ta 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Er 0.000 0.030 0.063 0.099 0.140 0.187
Example 24 ODHE over NiTaDy/NiNbDy Oxide Catalysts. (#13949)
Catalyst compositions comprising various NiTaDy and NiNbDy oxides were prepared in small (˜100 mg) quantities by precipitation substantially as described in connection with Example 1, using dysprosium acetate hydrate ([Dy]=0.294 M) aqueous stock solution and calcining at 300° C., as described. The compositions and amounts of the various NiTaDy and NiNbDy oxide catalyst compositions are shown in Table 24A.
The NiTaDy and NiNbDy oxide catalysts (˜50 mg) were screened in the fixed bed parallel reactor for oxidative ethane dehydrogenation at 300° C. with flowrates of ethane:nitrogen:oxygen of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm. Ethane conversion values for the NiTaDy oxide compositions ranged from 14.1% (with ethylene selectivity of 71.2%) to 19.9% (with ethylene selectivity of 84.4%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 71.2% (with ethane conversion of 14.1%) to 84.7% (with ethane conversion of 17.3%). Ethane conversion values for the NiNbDy oxide compositions ranged from 10.9% (with ethylene selectivity of 63.1%) to 18.9% (with ethylene selectivity of 82.7%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 63.1% (with ethane conversion of 10.9%) to 84.7% (with ethane conversion of 18.4%).
The NiTaDy and NiNbDy oxide catalysts (˜50 mg) were screened again in the fixed bed parallel reactor for oxidative ethane dehydrogenation at a different temperature (250° C.; ethane:nitrogen:oxygen flow of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm). (data not shown). These catalysts were also further calcined at 400°, and then screened again, in separate experiments, at 250° C. and at 300° C., in each case with ethane:nitrogen:oxygen flow of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm. (data not shown).
TABLE 24A
Catalyst compositions (mole fractions) of NiTaDy/NiNbDy oxide
catalysts used in parallel fixed bed reactor screen.
Row Col 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Ni 1.000 0.919 0.842 0.768 0.696 0.628
Nb 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Ta 0.000 0.081 0.158 0.232 0.304 0.372
Dy 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
2 Ni 0.915 0.964 0.882 0.803 0.728 0.656
Nb 0.085 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Ta 0.000 0.000 0.083 0.162 0.238 0.311
Dy 0.000 0.036 0.035 0.035 0.034 0.033
3 Ni 0.835 0.878 0.926 0.842 0.763 0.687
Nb 0.165 0.087 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Ta 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.085 0.166 0.244
Dy 0.000 0.035 0.074 0.072 0.071 0.069
4 Ni 0.759 0.797 0.839 0.886 0.801 0.721
Nb 0.241 0.169 0.089 0.000 0.000 0.000
Ta 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.087 0.170
Dy 0.000 0.034 0.072 0.114 0.112 0.109
5 Ni 0.686 0.720 0.757 0.798 0.843 0.758
Nb 0.314 0.247 0.173 0.091 0.000 0.000
Ta 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.090
Dy 0.000 0.033 0.070 0.111 0.157 0.153
6 Ni 0.617 0.646 0.679 0.714 0.754 0.799
Nb 0.383 0.321 0.253 0.178 0.094 0.000
Ta 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Dy 0.000 0.033 0.068 0.108 0.152 0.201
Example 25 ODHE over NiNbSr/NiNbCs Oxide Catalysts. (#16892)
Catalyst compositions comprising various NiNbSr and NiNbCs oxides were prepared in small (˜100 mg) quantities dispensing various amounts of aqueous metal solutions (nickel nitrate ([Ni]=1.0M), niobium oxalate ([Nb]=0.569M, excess oxalic acid [H+]=0.346M), strontium nitrate ([Sr]=1.0M), and cesium nitrate ([Cs]=1.00M) with an automated liquid handling robot into an array of glass vials in an aluminum substrate. Magnetic stirbars were added to each of the glass vials, and the precursor solutions were heated at 120° C. on a hot place with vigorous magnetic stirring, such that the water in the solutions boiled off after about 2 hours. The dried materials were then calcined by heating to 320° C. at 5° C./min and are dwelling at 320° C. for 8 hours in air, and subsequently cooled to 25° C. The compositions and amounts of the various NiNbSr and NiNbCs oxide catalyst compositions are shown in Table 25A.
The NiNbSr and NiNbCs oxide catalysts (˜50 mg) were screened in the fixed bed parallel reactor for oxidative ethane dehydrogenation at 300° C. with flowrates of ethane:oxygen of 0.42:0.058 sccm. Ethane conversion values for the NiNbSr oxide compositions ranged from 17.4% (with ethylene selectivity of 84.4%) to 22.0% (with ethylene selectivity of 87.5%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 82.3% (with ethane conversion of 18.1%) to 89.6% (with ethane conversion of 21.2%). Ethane conversion (C) and ethylene selectivity (S) values for the NiNbCs oxide compositions ranged from 5.2% C, 15.2% S to 21.7%C, 87.5% S.
The NiNbSr and NiNbCs oxide catalysts (˜50 mg) were screened again in the fixed bed parallel reactor for oxidative ethane dehydrogenation at a different temperature and different flowrates (275° C.; ethane:oxygen flow of 0.42:0.033 sccm). Ethane conversion values for the NiNbSr oxide compositions ranged from 10.6% (with ethylene selectivity of 84.5%) to 15.5% (with ethylene selectivity of 91.4%), and ethylene selectivity values ranged from 83.7% (with ethane conversion of 11.2%) to 91.4% (with ethane conversion of 15.5%). Ethane conversion (C) and ethylene selectivity (S) values for the NiNbCs oxide compositions ranged from 3.3% C, 14.4% S to 14.4% C, 90.1% S.
TABLE 25A
Catalyst compositions (mole fractions) of NiNbSr/NiNbCs oxide
catalysts used in parallel fixed bed reactor screen.
Row Column 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Ni 0.898 0.883 0.867 0.850 0.832 0.812
Nb 0.102 0.106 0.110 0.114 0.118 0.123
Sr 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Cs 0.000 0.011 0.023 0.036 0.050 0.065
mass 51.2 51.5 51.4 50.0 48.3 54.2
(mg)
2 Ni 0.883 0.823 0.806 0.788 0.769 0.748
Nb 0.106 0.177 0.183 0.190 0.197 0.204
Sr 0.011 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Cs 0.000 0.000 0.011 0.022 0.035 0.048
mass 53.2 50.1 50.9 51.8 51.3 47.5
(mg)
3 Ni 0.867 0.806 0.753 0.734 0.714 0.693
Nb 0.110 0.183 0.247 0.256 0.264 0.273
Sr 0.023 0.011 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Cs 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.010 0.021 0.033
mass 52.4 52.1 51.6 49.500 48.300 51.100
(mg)
4 Ni 0.850 0.788 0.734 0.687 0.667 0.646
Nb 0.114 0.190 0.256 0.313 0.323 0.333
Sr 0.036 0.022 0.010 0.000 0.000 0.000
Cs 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.010 0.021
mass 52.2 50.6 53.8 51.5 52.300 54.400
(mg)
5 Ni 0.832 0.769 0.714 0.667 0.626 0.605
Nb 0.118 0.197 0.264 0.323 0.374 0.385
Sr 0.050 0.035 0.021 0.010 0.000 0.000
Cs 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.010
mass 46.4 51.1 49.2 51.5 49.9 54.200
(mg)
6 Ni 0.812 0.748 0.693 0.646 0.605 0.569
Nb 0.123 0.204 0.273 0.333 0.385 0.431
Sr 0.065 0.048 0.033 0.021 0.010 0.000
Cs 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
mass 52.3 53.6 50.0 48.8 50.5 54.4
(mg)
Example 26 Lifetime Tests for ODHE over Ni(Nb, Ta, Ti, Zr)-Based Oxide Catalysts
In a first set of experiments, long-term stability and performance characteristics of various Ni(Nb, Ta, Ti, Zr)(Ce, Dy, Er, Nd, Sm, Yb, Pr, Gd, Sb, Bi) oxide catalysts were evaluated in a 200 hour lifetime test. In a second set of experiments, long-term stability and performance characteristics of various Ni(Nb, Ta, Ti)(Sm, Sn, Co, Cs, Sb, Ag)(Mg, Ca, Li) oxide catalysts were evaluated in a 400 hour lifetime test. As described below, compositions and preparation methods were varied in the lifetime tests. Test conditions were, in the 200 hour test, also varied (data not shown).
200 Hour Lifetime Test
In the 200 hour lifetime test, forty-two different Ni(Nb, Ta, Ti, Zr)(Ce, Dy, Er, Nd, Sm, Yb, Pr, Gd, Sb, Bi) oxide catalysts were prepared according to one of the following methods, designated as Method A through Method F. The various catalyst compositions and their method of preparation are shown in Table 26A.
Method A: Catalysts were prepared by precipitation with tetramethylammonium hydroxide to the mixed metal nitrate or oxalate solution. After centrifugation, the solid materials obtained were dried at 60° C. under vacuum, and then calcined to 300° C. at 2° C./min and dwelled at 300° C. for 8 hrs.
Method B: Catalysts were prepared by precipitation with tetramethylammonium hydroxide to the mixed metal nitrate or oxalate solution. After centrifugation, the solid materials obtained were dried at 60° C. under vacuum, and then calcined to 300° C. at 2° C./min and dwelled at 300° C. for 8 hrs. After cooling down to 25° C., those catalysts were calcined again to 400° C. at 2° C./min and dwell at 400° C. for 8 hrs.
Method C: Catalysts were prepared by precipitation with ammonium carbonate to the mixed metal nitrate or oxalate solution. After centrifugation, the solid materials obtained were dried at 60° C. under vacuum, and then calcined to 300° C. at 2° C./min and dwelled at 300° C. for 8 hrs.
Method D: Catalysts were prepared by precipitation with ammonium carbonate to the mixed metal nitrate or oxalate solution. After centrifugation, the solid materials obtained were dried at 60° C. under vacuum, and then calcined to 300° C. at 2° C./min and dwelled at 300° C. for 8 hrs. After cooling down to 25° C., those catalysts were calcined again to 400° C. at 2° C./min and dwell at 400° C. for 8 hrs.
Method E: TiO2 support in pellet form was dried at 100° C. for over 8 hrs. After cooling to 25° C., TiO2 support was impregnated with the mixed metal nitrate or oxalate solution. After centrifugation, the solid materials obtained were dried at 60° C. under vacuum, and then calcined to 300° C. at 2° C./min and dwelled at 300° C. for 8 hrs.
Method F: Catalysts were prepared by precipitation with tetramethylammonium hydroxide to the mixed metal nitrate or oxalate solution. After centrifugation, the solid materials obtained are dried at 60° C. under vacuum, and then calcined to 400° C. at 2° C./min and dwelled at 400° C. for 8 hrs.
The forty-two catalysts of Table 26A (˜50 mg), together with six blanks, were screened simultanteously in the 48-channel parallel fixed bed reactor for oxidative ethane dehydrogenation at 300° C. with ethane:nitrogen:oxygen flow of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm. Table 26B summarizes the amount of catalyst screened, as well as the ethane conversion (C) and ethylene selectivity (S) for each of the catalysts, measured after various times during the test.
TABLE 26A
Catalyst composition and preparation methods for catalysts
screened in 200 hour lifetime test.
Preparation
Catalyst Composition Method
Part A
Ni0.86Ta0.14Ox A
Ni0.65Ta0.31Ce0.04Ox A
Ni0.62Nb0.19Ta0.19Ce0.01Ox A
Ni0.73Ta0.24Dy0.03Ox A
Ni0.68Nb0.25Dy0.07Ox A
Ni0.68Nb0.26Er0.06Ox A
Blank n/a
Ni0.62Nb0.38Ox A
Ni0.71Ta0.23Nd0.06Ox A
Ni0.63Nb0.34Sm0.03Ox A
Ni0.54Ta0.45Sm0.01Ox A
Ni0.72Ti0.28Ox A
Ni0.66Ti0.29Yb0.05Ox A
blank n/a
Part B
Ni0.62Nb0.34Ce0.04Ox B
Ni0.62Ta0.34Ce0.04Ox B
Ni0.76Nb0.17Er0.06Ox B
Ni0.68Ta0.25Dy0.07Ox B
Ni0.60Nb0.19Ta0.18Sm0.03Ox B
Ni0.64Nb0.34Pr0.02Ox B
blank n/a
Ni0.63Nb0.37Ox B
Ni0.51Ta0.42Zr0.07Ox B
Ni0.73Ti0.27Ox B
Ni0.58Ta0.34Gd0.07Ox B
Ni0.68Nb0.24Gd0.08Ox B
Ni0.80Nb0.19Sb0.01Ox B
blank n/a
Ni0.82Nb0.14Sb0.04Ox B
Ni0.60Nb0.39Sb0.01Ox A
Ni0.72Nb0.27Bi0.01Ox B
Ni0.73Ta0.25Bi0.02Ox B
Ni0.63Nb0.33Yb0.04Ox B
Ni0.59Ta0.37Yb0.04Ox B
blank n/a
Ni0.65Nb0.33Ce0.02Ox C
Ni0.71Nb0.27Sb0.02Ox C
Ni0.65Nb0.33Ce0.02Ox D
Ni0.63Nb0.19Ta0.18Ox/TiO2 E
Ni0.71Nb0.27Sb0.02Ox D
Ni0.65Nb0.33Ce0.02Ox F
blank n/a
Ni0.74Nb0.08Ta0.17Ce0.01OX F
Ni0.75Nb0.24Ce0.01Ox F
Ni0.53Ta0.40Gd0.07Ox A
Ni0.74Nb0.08Ta0.17Ce0.01Ox A
Ni0.74Ta0.22Yb0.04Ox A
Ni0.65Ta0.36Bi0.01Ox A
TABLE 26B
Catalyst composition, sample mass (mg) and ethane conversion (C) and
ethylene selectivity (S) measured at various times on stream during
screening in 200 hour lifetime test.
Time on stream (hour)
5.34 62.37
Mass C S C S
Library # (mg) (%) (%) (%) (%)
Part A1
Ni0.86Ta0.14Ox 49.4 18.1 83.5 18.2 83.3
Ni0.65Ta0.31Ce0.04Ox 50 17.8 82.4 18.5 82.8
Ni0.62Nb0.19Ta0.19Ce0.01Ox 50.4 16.4 84.3 14.3 84.6
Ni0.73Ta0.24Dy0.03Ox 50.5 19.1 83.8 18.9 84.2
Ni0.68Nb0.25Dy0.07Ox 49.8 18.6 83.6 18.9 83.6
Ni0.68Nb0.26Er0.06Ox 49.8 19.0 83.0 18.1 83.1
Blank n/a 0.1 46.0 0.1 46.7
Ni0.62Nb0.38Ox 49.2 19.6 85.2 18.2 85.5
Ni0.71Ta0.23Nd0.06Ox 49.6 17.3 81.5 17.0 81.8
Ni0.63Nb0.34Sm0.03Ox 50.4 21.1 85.0 20.3 85.2
Ni0.54Ta0.45Sm0.01Ox 49.5 17.4 84.5 16.2 84.2
Ni0.72Ti0.28Ox 50 18.7 85.0 18.3 85.5
Ni0.66Ti0.29Yb0.05Ox 49.5 17.5 82.6 17.5 81.4
blank n/a 0.1 45.6 0.1 45.2
Ni0.62Nb0.34Ce0.04Ox 42.6 15.7 81.0 14.9 81.8
Ni0.62Ta0.34Ce0.04Ox 47.6 14.7 81.7 14.9 82.3
Ni0.76Nb0.17Er0.06Ox 45 13.4 84.8 12.6 84.7
Ni0.68Ta0.25Dy0.07Ox 44.2 13.2 83.3 11.9 83.2
Ni0.60Nb0.19Ta0.18Sm0.03Ox 45.6 15.3 84.2 14.8 83.4
Ni0.64Nb0.34Pr0.02Ox 48.1 15.5 84.6 14.6 83.9
blank n/a 0.1 44.3 0.1 42.6
Ni0.63Nb0.37Ox 45.9 12.8 86.4 11.5 86.3
Ni0.51Ta0.42Zr0.07Ox 44.5 15.0 83.3 13.9 82.6
Ni0.73Ti0.27Ox 45.8 12.6 83.7 11.2 83.5
Ni0.58Ta0.34Gd0.07Ox 45.6 10.4 83.5 9.4 83.2
Ni0.68Nb0.24Gd0.08Ox 55.2 14.0 79.5 13.2 78.0
Ni0.80Nb0.19Sb0.01Ox 48.6 14.0 85.6 12.4 85.5
blank n/a 0.1 38.5 0.1 37.9
Ni0.82Nb0.14Sb0.04Ox 49.6 12.0 83.7 10.2 82.7
Ni0.60Nb0.39Sb0.01Ox 51.8 17.9 83.9 16.5 83.7
Ni0.72Nb0.27Bi0.01Ox 54.7 15.4 85.9 15.1 85.8
Ni0.73Ta0.25Bi0.02Ox 50 10.9 86.0 10.2 85.9
Ni0.63Nb0.33Yb0.04Ox 41.1 13.9 83.3 12.7 82.7
Ni0.59Ta0.37Yb0.04Ox 47.1 10.8 84.9 7.2 85.1
blank n/a 0.1 40.0 0.1 48.2
Ni0.65Nb0.33Ce0.02Ox 48.3 16.5 82.6 15.4 79.8
Ni0.71Nb0.27Sb0.02Ox 49.1 16.5 82.6 14.9 77.8
Part A2
Ni0.65Nb0.33Ce0.02Ox 49.3 13.0 82.5 12.5 80.4
Ni0.63Nb0.19Ta0.18Ox/TiO2 145.9 7.9 89.1 5.9 89.8
Ni0.71Nb0.27Sb0.02Ox 51.5 11.2 81.5 8.8 77.6
Ni0.65Nb0.33Ce0.02Ox 49.7 16.7 85.2 16.2 85.1
blank n/a 0.1 37.4 0.1 43.1
Ni0.74Nb0.08Ta0.17Ce0.01Ox 50 16.1 84.3 16.8 84.9
Ni0.75Nb0.24Ce0.01Ox 50.2 19.4 85.8 19.1 86.4
Ni0.53Ta0.40Gd0.07Ox 48.9 16.8 78.8 16.2 77.4
Ni0.74Nb0.08Ta0.17Ce0.01Ox 50.9 17.3 84.3 15.6 85.0
Ni0.74Ta0.22Yb0.04Ox 50.7 17.8 84.2 17.5 84.6
Ni0.65Ta0.36Bi0.01Ox 50.4 16.3 82.6 15.3 82.1
108.24 189.3 207.98
C S C S C S
Library # (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%)
Part B1
Ni0.86Ta0.14Ox 17.0 83.2 17.4 83.1 18.0 83.1
Ni0.65Ta0.31Ce0.04Ox 17.8 82.5 16.6 82.0 17.8 82.1
Ni0.62Nb0.19Ta0.19Ce0.01Ox 13.3 84.6 11.8 84.2 12.8 84.6
Ni0.73Ta0.24Dy0.03Ox 18.4 84.2 18.0 84.0 18.7 84.2
Ni0.68Nb0.25Dy0.07Ox 18.1 83.5 17.6 82.9 18.1 82.9
Ni0.68Nb0.26Er0.06Ox 17.9 83.0 17.2 82.4 18.2 82.3
Blank 0.1 48.3 0.1 44.1 0.1 45.3
Ni0.62Nb0.38Ox 17.5 85.1 16.3 84.7 16.9 84.9
Ni0.71Ta0.23Nd0.06Ox 16.4 81.4 16.3 81.4 16.7 81.3
Ni0.63Nb0.34Sm0.03Ox 19.4 85.0 18.8 84.5 17.3 84.5
Ni0.54Ta0.45Sm0.01Ox 15.3 83.9 14.5 83.5 14.8 83.6
Ni0.72Ti0.28Ox 17.7 85.2 17.4 85.1 17.4 85.0
Ni0.66Ti0.29Yb0.05Ox 17.0 80.5 16.5 79.1 15.6 79.0
blank 0.1 43.8 0.1 42.2 0.1 39.9
Ni0.62Nb0.34Ce0.04Ox 14.7 81.6 14.5 81.5 14.4 81.5
Ni0.62Ta0.34Ce0.04Ox 13.9 82.3 13.2 82.2 12.7 82.1
Ni0.76Nb0.17Er0.06Ox 11.4 84.5 11.5 84.3 11.4 84.2
Ni0.68Ta0.25Dy0.07Ox 11.8 82.7 11.7 82.3 11.8 82.4
Ni0.60Nb0.19Ta0.18Sm0.03Ox 14.1 82.8 13.7 82.2 13.7 82.4
Ni0.64Nb0.34Pr0.02Ox 13.7 82.9 12.7 81.0 12.8 81.4
blank 0.1 44.0 0.1 43.2 0.1 44.8
Ni0.63Nb0.37Ox 10.4 86.1 9.9 85.3 10.1 85.6
Ni0.51Ta0.42Zr0.07Ox 12.9 82.3 12.5 82.0 12.6 82.1
Ni0.73Ti0.27Ox 10.6 83.7 10.1 83.7 9.6 83.6
Ni0.58Ta0.34Gd0.07Ox 9.0 83.1 8.5 82.5 8.5 82.7
Ni0.68Nb0.24Gd0.08Ox 12.5 76.5 11.6 74.0 11.7 74.6
Ni0.80Nb0.19Sb0.01Ox 11.9 85.5 11.2 85.0 11.1 85.3
Part B2
blank 0.1 40.0 0.1 40.6 0.1 41.1
Ni0.82Nb0.14Sb0.04Ox 9.5 82.3 8.6 81.0 8.9 81.7
Ni0.60Nb0.39Sb0.01Ox 16.0 83.4 15.4 82.9 15.5 83.2
Ni0.72Nb0.27Bi0.01Ox 14.4 85.9 13.6 85.2 14.1 85.5
Ni0.73Ta 0.25Bi0.02Ox 9.8 85.7 8.9 85.5 9.3 85.7
Ni0.63Nb0.33Yb0.04Ox 12.6 82.2 10.8 80.4 12.0 81.3
Ni0.59Ta0.37Yb0.04Ox 6.2 85.1 5.4 85.0 5.9 85.0
blank 0.1 48.6 0.1 47.5 0.1 47.1
Ni0.65Nb0.33Ce0.02Ox 14.6 78.1 12.7 72.3 13.5 73.6
Ni0.71Nb0.27Sb0.02Ox 14.2 73.4 11.4 62.3 12.3 64.8
Ni0.65Nb0.33Ce0.02Ox 12.4 78.4 10.2 70.3 10.8 73.1
Ni0.63Nb0.19Ta0.18Ox/TiO2 6.1 89.0 4.9 89.2 5.3 89.2
Ni0.71Nb0.27Sb0.02Ox 9.6 76.8 7.9 71.4 8.8 74.1
Ni0.65Nb0.33Ce0.02Ox 17.0 85.6 16.0 85.4 17.6 85.9
blank 0.1 47.9 0.1 47.3 0.1 47.8
Ni0.74Nb0.08Ta0.17Ce0.01Ox 15.7 84.7 15.3 84.3 15.5 84.2
Ni0.75Nb0.24Ce0.01Ox 18.6 86.3 18.2 86.1 18.4 86.3
Ni0.53Ta0.40Gd0.07Ox 16.1 77.3 14.7 74.4 15.0 75.2
Ni0.74Nb0.08Ta0.17Ce0.01Ox 16.0 85.3 14.3 84.8 14.8 83.5
Ni0.74Ta0.22Yb0.04Ox 17.8 85.1 16.6 84.7 17.4 84.9
Ni0.65Ta0.36Bi0.01Ox 14.9 82.9 12.6 83.0 14.4 83.7
400 Hour Lifetime Test
In the 400 hour lifetime test, forty-eight different Ni(Nb, Ta, Ti)(Sm, Sn, Co, Cs, Sb, Ag)(Mg, Ca, Li) oxide catalysts were prepared by precipitation using the metal salt precursors substantially as described in earlier examples herein. The various catalyst compositions, post-precipitation treatment (if any) and calcination conditions are indicated in Table 26C.
The forty-eight catalysts of Table 26C (˜50 mg) were screened simultanteously in the 48-channel parallel fixed bed reactor for oxidative ethane dehydrogenation at 275° C. with ethane:oxygen flow of 0.42:0.033 sccm. Table 26D summarizes the amount of catalyst screened, as well as the ethane conversion (C) and ethylene selectivity (S) for each of the catalysts, measured after various times during the test. These data show that, after 48 hours on stream, the 48 catalysts lost, on average, less than about 13% in conversion and less than about 2% in selectivity. Several of the catalysts had no substantial loss of activity or selectivity over the 400 hour test. FIGS. 2A and 2B show ethane conversion and ethylene selectivity data versus time on stream during the 400 hour lifetime test for Ni0.75Ta0.28Sn0.03Ox (FIG. 2A) and Ni0.71Nb0.27Co0.02Ox (FIG. 2B).
TABLE 26C
Catalyst composition, library reference #, and preparation
methods for catalysts screened in 400 hour lifetime test.
Library # Composition Remarks*
Part A
(1,1) 16693.1A Ni0.68Nb0.10Ti0.10Ta0.10Sm0.02Ox 5/320/8/air
(1,2) 16693.1B Ni0.68Nb0.10Ti0.10Ta0.10Sm0.02Ox PGS, >300 μm
(1,3) 16693.1C Ni0.68Nb0.10Ti0.10Ta0.10Sm0.02Ox PGS, >150 <300
μm
(1,4) 16693.2 Ni0.68Nb0.10Ti0.10Ta0.10Sm0.02Ox 5/320/8/N2
(1,5) 16693.3 Ni0.68Nb0.10Ti0.10Ta0.10Sm0.02Ox 5/320/8/air&5/
320/8/H2/Ar
(1,6) 16693.4 Ni0.68Nb0.10Ti0.10Ta0.10Sm0.02Ox 5/320/8/H2/Ar
(2,1) 16693.5 Ni0.68Nb0.10Ti0.10Ta0.10Sm0.02Ox 5/320/8/N2&5/
320/8/air
(2,2) 16693.6 Ni0.68Nb0.10Ti0.10Ta0.10Sm0.02Ox 5/320/8/H2/Ar&5/
320/8/air
(2,3) 16777.31 Ni0.75Nb0.25Ox 5/320/8/air
(2,4) 16777.14 Ni0.66Nb0.34Ox 5/320/8/air
(2,5) 16777.35 Ni0.71Nb0.26Sm0.03Ox 5/320/8/air
(2,6) 16777.53 Ni0.71Nb0.26Sm0.03Ox 5/320/8/air
(3,1) 16467.54 Ni0.67Nb0.32Sn0.01Ox 5/320/8/air
(3,2) 16469.52 Ni0.75Ta0.28Sn0.03Ox 5/320/8/air
(3,3) 16469.64 Ni0.62Ta0.37Sn0.01Ox 5/320/8/air
(3,4) 16505.53 Ni0.75Zr0.23Sn0.02Ox 5/320/8/air
(3,5) 16470.31 Ni0.85Ti0.13Sn0.02Ox 5/320/8/air
(3,6) 16470.53 Ni0.67Ti0.31Sn0.02Ox 5/320/8/air
(4,1) 16470.63 Ni0.65Ti0.32Sn0.03Ox 5/320/8/air
(4,2) 16650.14A Ni0.68Nb0.10Ti0.10Ta0.10Sm0.02Ox 5/320/8/air
(4,3) 16650.14B Ni0.68Nb0.10Ti0.10Ta0.10Sm0.02Ox 5/320/8/air
(4,4) 16650.42 Ni0.68Nb0.10Ti0.10Ta0.10Sm0.02Ox 5/320/8/air
(4,5) 11525 Ni0.63Nb0.19Ta0.18Ox 5/400/8/air
(4,6) 16610.3 Ni0.63Nb0.19Ta0.18Ox 5/320/8/N2
(5,1) 16365.31 Ni0.85Nb0.14Co0.01Ox 5/320/8/air
(5,2) 16365.42 Ni0.78Nb0.20Co0.02Ox 5/320/8/air
(5,3) 16365.53 Ni0.71Nb0.27Co0.02Ox 5/320/8/air
(5,4) 16298.11 Ni0.75Nb0.22Sm0.03Ox 5/320/8/air
(5,5) 16298.13 Ni0.74Nb0.21Sm0.03Cs0.02Ox 5/320/8/air
(5,6) 16298.41 Ni0.75Nb0.21Sm0.03Sb0.01Ox 5/320/8/air
(6,1) 16298.42 Ni0.74Nb0.21Sm0.03Sb0.02Ox 5/320/8/air
(6,2) 16298.71 Ni0.74Nb0.21Ti0.02Sm0.03Ox 5/320/8/air
(6,3) 16297.11 Ni0.67Ti0.30Sm0.03Ox 5/320/8/air
(6,4) 16297.21 Ni0.66Ti0.30Sm0.30Mg0.01Ox 5/320/8/air
Part B
(6,5) 16297.24 Ni0.64Ti0.30Sm0.03Mg0.03Ox 5/320/8/air
(6,6) 16297.33 Ni0.65Ti0.30Sm0.03Ca0.02Ox 5/320/8/air
(7,1) 16297.83 Ni0.62Ti0.28Ta0.07Sm0.03Ox 5/320/8/air
(7,2) 16160.14 Ni0.51Nb0.14Ti0.19Ta0.15Ox 5/320/8/air
(7,3) 16160.43 Ni0.58Nb0.15Ti0.11Ta0.16Ox 5/320/8/air
(7,4) 16790.13 Ni0.55Ta0.44Ag0.01Ox 5/320/8/air
(7,5) 16790.23 Ni0.63Ta0.36Ag0.01Ox 5/320/8/air
(7,6) 16790.36 Ni0.7iTi0.28Ag0.01Ox 5/320/8/air
(8,1) 16685.32 Ni0.60Ta0.38Co0.02Ox 5/320/8/air
(8,2) 16687.33 Ni066Ti0.33Co0.01Ox 5/320/8/air
(8,3) 16687.43 Ni0.65Ti0.33Co0.02Ox 5/320/8/air
(8,4) 16828.14 Ni0.71Nb0.27Co0.02Ox 5/320/8/air
(8,5) 16828.34 Ni0.70Nb0.27Co0.02Li0.01Ox 5/320/8/air
(8,6) 16828.62 Ni0.77Nb0.20Co0.02Mg0.01Ox 5/320/8/air
*Calcination conditions = ramp rate (° C./min)/level(° C.)/dwell time(h)/environment.
*PGS = pressed, ground and sieved.
TABLE 26D
Catalyst library reference #, sample mass (mg) and ethane conversion (C) and
ethylene selectivity (S) measured at various times on stream during screening
in 400 hour lifetime test.
Time on stream (hour)
0.9 4.9 167.4 248.8 406.2
Mass C S C S C S C S C S
Library # (mg) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%)
Part A
16693.1 50.2 13.1 89.3 12.8 89.5 10.9 88.9 10.7 88.1 11.8 87.0
16693.1 51.2 14.0 90.1 13.9 90.5 12.2 90.1 12.1 89.0 13.1 88.4
16693.1 50.8 14.1 90.2 14.2 90.3 12.7 90.2 12.4 89.0 13.2 87.7
16693.2 50.9 4.9 0.2 13.0 62.6 12.5 87.7 12.3 86.3 9.9 85.9
16693.3 51.0 12.0 86.7 13.4 89.1 11.8 88.3 11.6 87.1 12.0 86.5
16693.4 50.0 7.8 64.1 10.9 84.6 9.4 86.6 9.2 85.1 9.7 83.2
16693.5 50.4 12.9 90.0 12.6 89.4 11.2 88.2 10.4 87.5 11.3 85.8
16693.6 49.8 11.5 87.9 9.1 87.3 9.0 85.2 8.7 84.3 9.2 82.9
16777.31 48.0 14.2 90.1 14.2 90.2 12.9 90.2 12.7 89.7 13.4 88.4
16777.14 53.6 15.0 90.6 15.0 90.9 13.0 89.4 12.6 88.7 11.8 88.3
16777.35 50.7 14.3 90.3 14.3 90.5 12.8 89.7 12.4 89.2 12.9 88.3
16777.53 48.0 14.8 90.5 14.5 90.6 12.7 89.8 12.4 89.0 13.0 87.4
16467.54 50.0 14.7 91.9 14.9 92.0 13.1 90.8 12.2 90.2 12.1 88.8
16469.52 52.0 15.5 92.1 15.0 91.9 14.1 92.1 14.1 91.9 15.1 91.7
16469.64 48.0 15.9 92.6 15.9 92.6 12.9 92.1 12.4 91.7 12.5 90.7
16505.53 52.6 12.8 86.5 12.7 86.3 11.3 84.4 9.9 83.8 9.3 83.3
Part B
16470.31 51.0 13.2 87.8 12.9 87.4 11.0 85.3 10.6 84.8 11.1 84.3
16470.53 48.7 16.1 92.6 15.5 92.7 14.6 92.7 14.6 92.5 11.4 91.8
16470.63 51.0 15.4 92.3 15.6 92.4 13.5 92.2 13.8 91.9 13.8 90.7
16650.14 49.1 14.4 90.8 14.0 90.8 12.1 89.2 11.7 88.4 12.1 87.4
16650.14 22.5 11.3 88.9 11.0 88.5 8.7 86.5 8.3 85.6 8.5 84.0
16650.42 54.8 14.9 90.3 14.6 90.6 11.9 89.7 10.7 89.0 12.3 88.4
11525 54.3 5.7 86.8 5.7 87.1 5.0 86.3 4.8 85.5 4.7 84.9
16610.3 52.0 15.4 91.5 14.8 91.9 12.2 91.6 12.3 91.1 10.4 89.9
16365.31 50.0 14.9 91.8 14.8 91.9 13.4 92.5 13.8 92.6 14.4 91.9
16365.42 50.2 15.1 91.7 15.2 91.9 14.6 92.5 14.6 92.3 15.5 91.9
16365.53 49.8 15.3 91.4 15.5 91.5 14.5 92.0 14.6 91.6 15.2 90.4
16298.11 50.4 15.1 90.9 14.7 90.9 13.3 90.7 12.3 90.4 12.9 89.6
16298.13 50.0 15.3 91.3 15.2 91.3 14.2 91.1 14.2 91.0 14.5 90.4
16298.41 50.1 14.8 91.4 13.7 91.3 12.8 91.3 10.3 90.8 10.2 92.4
16298.42 49.8 15.5 92.3 15.3 92.4 13.6 92.9 14.0 92.5 14.2 91.6
16298.71 50.4 14.6 90.8 14.7 90.9 13.5 90.3 12.6 89.6 13.8 88.3
16297.11 49.6 14.2 91.8 15.7 91.9 14.0 91.8 14.2 91.3 14.5 90.0
16297.21 49.6 15.7 91.7 15.4 91.9 13.8 91.4 13.1 91.0 12.8 90.3
16297.24 49.7 15.5 91.7 15.3 91.9 14.0 91.2 13.8 90.8 13.9 89.9
16297.33 49.9 15.8 91.4 15.4 91.4 13.5 91.4 12.9 91.0 12.7 91.5
16297.83 49.6 15.8 91.1 15.2 91.5 12.9 91.0 13.1 90.3 12.9 88.5
16160.14 49.9 15.0 92.1 15.0 92.2 11.6 90.4 10.4 89.8 10.9 88.7
16160.43 50.1 15.0 92.1 13.7 92.0 11.6 90.4 11.4 89.9 11.4 88.6
16790.13 50.0 14.7 91.6 14.4 91.7 11.6 90.3 11.3 90.0 11.3 89.6
16790.23 50.2 14.8 91.8 14.4 91.9 11.2 90.6 11.0 90.5 10.8 90.0
16790.36 50.2 15.2 90.8 14.8 91.2 12.5 90.4 12.6 91.2 12.2 90.3
16685.32 49.9 14.3 91.3 14.2 91.4 11.0 90.5 10.5 89.8 9.8 88.4
16687.33 49.5 13.5 91.0 15.2 91.2 13.9 90.5 12.8 89.9 13.7 88.3
16687.43 49.9 15.1 90.9 15.1 91.3 14.0 90.9 13.7 90.3 14.0 88.6
16828.14 50.2 15.1 90.5 15.0 90.8 13.8 90.9 13.5 90.6 13.9 89.8
16828.34 49.7 15.0 90.0 14.9 90.3 13.5 89.1 13.3 88.3 13.3 86.9
16828.62 50.6 14.8 91.2 14.0 91.4 13.3 91.7 12.8 91.9 13.6 91.7
Example 27 ODHE over Ni(Nb, Ta, Ti, Zr)(Ce, Dy, Er, Nd, Sm, Yb, Pr, Gd, Sb, Bi) Oxide Catalysts with Ethylene Co-Feed
Catalyst compositions comprising various Ni(Nb, Ta, Ti, Zr)(Ce, Dy, Er, Nd, Sm, Yb, Pr, Gd, Sb, Bi) oxides were prepared as described in connection with Example 26 (see Table 26A), and screened in the parallel fixed bed reactor for oxidative dehydrogenation with an ethane and ethylene cofeed. Specifically, these catalysts were screened at 300° C. with an ethane (49.5%) and ethylene (50.5%) mixed feed at a ratio of ethane/ethylene mixed feed:nitrogen:oxygen was 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm.
Table 27A shows the catalyst compositions, the sample mass thereof screened, the amount of ethane loss/ethylene gain resulting from the reaction, and the calculated ethylene selectivity of the reaction. These data demonstrate that the oxydehydrogenation activity of the catalysts are not substantially product inhibited, and that ethane dehydrogenation can be effected using feed streams having ˜50% ethylene product.
TABLE 27A
Ethane loss, ethylene gain and ethylene selectivity for a mixed feed
(ethane (49.5%) and ethylene (50.5%)) screen in the parallel
fixed bed reactors. Test condition: (C2H4/C2H6):N2:O2 flow
of 0.42:0.54:0.088 sccm at 300° C.
Ethylene Ethane Ethylene
Mass Gain loss Selectivity
Catalyst (mg) (%) (%) (%)
Part A
 1 Ni0.86Ta0.14Ox 49.4 5.6 −7.9 59.9
 2 Ni0.65Ta0.31Ce0.04Ox 50.0 2.5 −5.8 38.0
 3 Ni0.62Nb0.19Ta0.19Ce0.01Ox 50.4 0.4 −3.3 11.4
 4 Ni0.73Ta0.24Dy0.03Ox 50.5 0.5 −3.8 10.7
 5 Ni0.68Nb0.25Dy0.07Ox 49.8 2.0 −5.0 35.0
 6 Ni0.68Nb0.26Er0.06Ox 49.8 2.8 −5.8 42.3
 7 Blank 1.0 2.1 −1.8 *
 8 Ni0.62Nb0.38Ox 49.2 3.2 −6.0 46.0
 9 Ni0.71Ta0.23Nd0.06Ox 49.6 0.8 −4.0 16.9
10 Ni0.63Nb0.34Sm0.03Ox 50.4 1.0 −4.5 19.9
11 Ni0.54Ta0.45Sm0.01Ox 49.5 2.0 −4.6 38.0
12 Ni0.72Ti0.28Ox 50.0 2.7 −5.5 43.5
13 Ni0.66Ti0.29Yb0.05Ox 49.5 5.0 −7.3 58.5
14 blank 1.0 0.8 −0.7 *
15 Ni0.62Nb0.34Ce0.04Ox 42.6 −0.7 −2.9 0.0
16 Ni0.62Ta0.34Ce0.04Ox 47.6 −0.9 −2.5 0.0
17 Ni0.76Nb0.17Er0.06Ox 45.0 1.0 −3.1 27.3
18 Ni0.68Ta0.25Dy0.07Ox 44.2 2.1 −4.0 45.4
19 Ni0.60Nb0.19Ta0.18Sm0.03Ox 45.6 5.3 −6.9 64.7
20 Ni0.64Nb0.34Pr0.02Ox 48.1 2.7 −5.0 46.8
21 blank 1.0 −1.0 0.8 *
22 Ni0.63Nb0.37Ox 45.9 −0.2 −1.9 0.0
23 Ni0.51Ta0.42Zr0.07Ox 44.5 2.5 −4.6 46.4
24 Ni0.73Ti0.27Ox 45.8 1.3 −3.4 34.6
25 Ni0.58Ta0.34Gd0.07Ox 45.6 3.7 −4.9 65.2
26 Ni0.68Nb0.24Gd0.08Ox 55.2 2.7 −4.9 47.5
27 Ni0.80Nb0.19Sb0.01Ox 48.6 0.6 −2.8 19.9
Part B
28 blank 1.0 −1.5 1.3 *
29 Ni0.82Nb0.14Sb0.04Ox 49.6 1.5 −3.2 40.9
30 Ni0.60Nb0.39Sb0.01Ox 51.8 2.4 −5.2 40.5
31 Ni0.72Nb0.27Bi0.01Ox 54.7 5.1 −6.8 63.6
32 Ni0.73Ta0.25Bi0.02Ox 50.0 1.9 −3.5 47.9
33 Ni0.63Nb0.33Yb0.04Ox 41.1 0.5 −3.0 14.5
34 Ni0.59Ta0.37Yb0.04Ox 47.1 −0.7 −1.2 0.0
35 blank 1.0 −0.4 0.3 *
36 Ni0.65Nb0.33Ce0.02Ox 48.3 2.6 −5.1 44.1
37 Ni0.71Nb0.27Sb0.02Ox 49.1 6.0 −8.0 64.1
38 Ni0.65Nb0.33Ce0.02Ox 49.3 2.7 −4.8 49.3
39 Ni0.63Nb0.19Ta0.18Ox/TiO2 145.9 −1.0 −0.8 0.0
40 Ni0.71Nb0.27Sb0.02Ox 51.5 −0.1 −2.0 0.0
41 Ni0.65Nb0.33Ce0.02Ox 49.7 2.3 −4.9 41.1
42 blank 1.0 −0.1 0.1 *
43 Ni0.74Nb0.08Ta0.17Ce0.01Ox 50.0 5.0 −7.2 59.3
44 Ni0.75Nb0.24Ce0.01Ox 50.2 3.2 −6.1 46.1
45 Ni0.53Ta0.40Gd0.07Ox 48.9 0.6 −4.2 13.3
46 Ni0.74Nb0.08Ta0.17Ce0.01Ox 50.9 0.3 −3.5 8.9
47 Ni0.74Ta0.22Yb0.04Ox 50.7 2.1 −5.1 35.6
48 Ni0.65Ta0.36Bi0.01Ox 50.4 2.3 −4.9 41.1
Example 28 ODHE over NiNbTa Oxide Catalyst with Multi-Stage Fixed Bed Reactor and Multiple Oxygen Feed
A NiNbTa oxide catalyst, Ni0.63Nb0.19Ta0.18Ox, prepared from nickel nitrate, niobium oxalate and tantalum oxalate by precipitation with tetramethylammonium hydroxide and with a maximum calcination temperature of 320° C. was screened in a three-stage fixed bed reactor having multiple oxygen feeds, substantially as shown and described in connection with FIG. 1B.
Briefly, about 50 mg of the catalyst was loaded into each of the reactor stages. Ethane, oxygen and nitrogen were fed as initial feed to the first stage of the multi-stage reactor, wherein ethane was oxidatively dehydrogenated to form ethylene. The exhaust from the first stage was fed to the second stage, together with additional oxygen and nitrogen feed, and further oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane was effected in the second stage. Similarly, exhaust from the second stage was fed to the third stage, together with additional oxygen and nitrogen feed, and further oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane was effected in the third stage. The reaction exhaust from the third stage was analyzed by gas chromatograph.
Nine different experimental cases were considered with variations in (1) the relative flowrates of nitrogen:oxygen:ethane in the initial (first-stage) feed, (2) the relative flowrates of nitrogen:oxygen used as additional feed in the second and third stages, and/or (3) the reaction temperatures of the three reaction zones (300° C. or 275° C.).
For comparison, the NiNbTa oxide catalyst was also screened, in each of the nine experimental cases, under similar reaction conditions in a single-stage, single-feed fixed bed reactor, substantially as shown and described in connection with FIG. 1A.
Table 28A shows the reaction temperature, amount of catalyst, initial feed rates (sccm of nitrogen:oxygen:ethane), additional feed rates (sccm of nitrogen:ethane), and performance data (conversion, selectivity) for each of the nine different experimental cases shows—for the multi-stage reactor and the single-stage reactor configurations. These data demonstrate that overall ethane conversion can be substantially improved (e.g., C of not less than about 30% C, and ranging from about 30% to about 45%) while maintaining relatively high ethylene selectivities (e.g., S of not less than about 70% S, and ranging from about 70% to about 85%).
TABLE 28A
Ethane conversion and ethylene selectivity for Ni0.63Nb0.19Ta0.18Ox in
multi-stage and single-stage reactor configurations at various relative
flowrates and temperatures.
Reactor Initial feed addition feed
Configura- Reaction mass N2:O2:C2H6 N2:O2
tion T (C.) (mg) (sccm) (sccm) C (%) S (%)
Part A
SF 300 C. 52.9 0.32:0.088:0.42 n/a 18.2 85.4
Case I MF1 300 C. 51.6 0.32:0.088:0.42
MF2 300 C. 49.0  0.32:0.088
MF3 300 C. 51.4  0.32:0.088 33.6 74.5
SF 300 C. 52.9 0.25:0.066:0.42 n/a 17.4 87.7
Case II MF1 300 C. 51.6 0.25:0.066:0.42
MF2 300 C. 49.0  0.25:0.066
MF3 300 C. 51.4  0.25:0.066 32.0 76.9
SF 300 C. 52.9 0.16:0.044:0.42 n/a 16.5 90.8
Part B
Case III MF1 300 C. 51.6 0.16:0.044:0.42
MF2 300 C. 49.0  0.16:0.044
MF3 300 C. 51.4  0.16:0.044 31.1 81.3
SF 300 C. 52.9 0.082:0.022:0.42  n/a 11.4 93.6
Case IV MF1 300 C. 51.6 0.082:0.022:0.42 
MF2 300 C. 49.0 0.082:0.022
MF3 300 C. 51.4 0.082:0.022 26.1 85.8
SF 300 C. 52.9  0.16:0.044:0.208 n/a 22.0 85.9
Case V MF1 300 C. 51.6  0.16:0.044:0.208
MF2 300 C. 49.0 0.16:0.044
MF3 300 C. 51.4 0.16:0.044 44.6 73.9
SF 300 C. 52.9 0.082:0.022:0.208 n/a 18.2 91.2
Case VI MF1 300 C. 51.6 0.082:0.022:0.208
MF2 300 C. 49.0 0.082:0.022
MF3 300 C. 51.4 0.082:0.022 39.3 78.4
SF 300 C. 52.9 0.041:0.011:0.208 n/a 12.1 89.9
Case VII MF1 300 C. 51.6 0.041:0.011:0.208
MF2 300 C. 49.0 0.041:0.011
MF3 300 C. 51.4 0.041:0.011 29.0 84.8
SF 275 C. 52.9 0.206:0.055:1.04  n/a 7.6 93.1
Case VIII MF1 275 C. 51.6 0.206:0.055:1.04 
MF2 275 C. 49.0 0.206:0.055
MF3 275 C. 51.4 0.206:0.055 15.8 86.7
SF 275 C. 52.9 0.082:0.022:0.42  n/a 10.7 93.7
Case IX MF1 275 C. 51.6 0.082:0.022:0.42 
MF2 275 C. 49.0 0.079:0.021
MF3 275 C. 51.4 0.079:0.021 23.2 86.0
SF = single feed; MF1 = multi-feed, 1st stage; MF2 = multifeed, 2nd stage; MF3 = multifeed, 3rd stage; C = ethane conversion; S = ethylene selectivity.
In light of the detailed description of the invention and the examples presented above, it can be appreciated that the several objects of the invention are achieved.
The explanations and illustrations presented herein are intended to acquaint others skilled in the art with the invention, its principles, and its practical application. Those skilled in the art may adapt and apply the invention in its numerous forms, as may be best suited to the requirements of a particular use. Accordingly, the specific embodiments of the present invention as set forth are not intended as being exhaustive or limiting of the invention.

Claims (5)

I claim:
1. A mixed-metal oxide composition comprising a compound representd by Formula I:
NixAaBbCcOd  (I),
where
A is an element selected from the group consisting of Ti, Ta, Nb, Hf, W, Y, Zn, Zr, Al, and mixtures of two or more thereof,
B is an element selected from the group consisting of a lanthanide element, a group IIIA element, a group VA element, a group VIA element, a group IIIB element, a group IVB element, a group VB element, a group VIB element, and mixtures of two or more thereof,
C is an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal or mixtures thereof,
x is a number ranging from about 0.5 to about 0.96, a is a number ranging from about 0.04 to about 0.8, b is a number ranging from 0 to about 0.5, c is a number ranging from 0 to about 0.5, and d is a number that satisfies valence requirements.
2. The mixed-metal oxide composition of claim 1 wherein the compound is represented by the Formula II:
NixTijTakNblLa*SbrSnsBitCauKvMgwOd  (II),
where
La* is one or more lanthanide series elements selected from the group consisting of Lam, Cen, Pro, Ndp, and Smq,
x is a number ranging from about 0.5 to about 0.96,
j, k and l are each numbers ranging from 0 to about 0.8 and the sum of (j+k+l) is at least about 0.04,
m, n, o, p, q, r, s and t are each numbers ranging from 0 to about 0.1, and the sum of (m+n+o+p+q+r+s+t) is at least about 0.005,
u, v and w are each numbers ranging from 0 to about 0.1, and d is a number that satisfies valence requirements.
3. A composition of matter comprising a compound resulting from the steps of
forming a pre-calcination composition comprising a compound represented by Formula IIA:
NixTijTakNblLa*SbrSnsBitCauKvMgw  (IIA),
where
La* is one or more lanthanide series elements selected from the group consisting of Lam, Cen, Pro, Ndp, and Smq,
x is a number ranging from about 0.5 to about 0.96,
j, k and 1 are each numbers ranging from 0 to about 0.8 and the sum of (j+k+1) is at least about 0.04,
m, n, o, p, q, r, s and t are each numbers ranging from 0 to about 0.1, and the sum of (m+n+o+p+q+r+s+t) is at least about 0.005, and
u, v and w are each numbers ranging from 0 to about 0.1, and
calcining the pre-calcination composition.
4. A method for preparing a catalyst composition, the method comprising
forming a pre-calcination composition comprising a compound represented by Formula I-B:
NixAaBbCc  (I-B),
where
A is an element selected from the group consisting of Ti, Ta, Nb, Hf, W, Y, Zn, Zr, Al, and mixtures of two or more thereof,
B is an element selected from the group consisting of a lanthanide element, a group IIIA element, a group VA element, a group VIA element, a group IIIB element, a group IVB element, a group VB element, a group VIB element, and mixtures of two or more thereof,
C is an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal or mixtures thereof,
x is a number ranging from about 0.5 to about 0.96, a is a number ranging from about 0.04 to about 0.8, b is a number ranging from 0 to about 0.5, and c is a number ranging from 0 to about 0.5, and
calcining the pre-calcination composition.
5. The method of claim 4 wherein the pre-calcination composition comprises a compound represented by Formula II-B:
NixTijTakNblLa*SbrSnsBitCauKvMgw  (II-B),
where
La* is one or more lanthanide series elements selected from the group consisting of Lam, Cen, Pro, Ndp, and Smq,
x is a number ranging from about 0.1 to about 0.96,
j, k and 1 are each numbers ranging from 0 to about 0.8 and the sum of (j+k+1) is at least about 0.04,
m, n, o, p, q, r, s and t are each numbers ranging from 0 to about 0.1, and the sum of (m+n+o+p+q+r+s+t) is at least about 0.005, and
u, v and w are each numbers ranging from 0 to about 0.1.
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